Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Putnam 
Raleigh 
Randolph 
Ritchie 
Roane 
Summers 
Taylor 
Tucker 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
544 
332 
405 
428 
575 
345 
404 
162 
2007 
625 
351 
484 
441 
674 
383 
471 
197 
$1,000, 2012 
10,109 
4,499 
8,451 
9,354 
6,833 
6,219 
4,801 
2,239 
2007 
7,160 
3,406 
7,225 
4,892 
6,003 
5,102 
6,368 
2,079 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
18,583 
13,553 
20,868 
21,854 
11,883 
18,026 
11,883 
13,820 
2007 
11,457 
9,704 
14,927 
11,092 
8,906 
13,322 
13,520 
10,552 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
197 
168 
153 
142 
172 
191 
113 
79 
2007 
283 
208 
249 
170 
201 
244 
195 
105 
$1,000, 2012 
375 
353 
379 
217 
212 
478 
272 
161 
2007 
374 
267 
539 
192 
265 
521 
288 
155 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
119 
95 
101 
98 
146 
109 
72 
39 
2007 
135 
83 
143 
62 
99 
95 
105 
51 
$1,000, 2012 
137 
43 
79 
(D) 
36 
32 
20 
32 
2007 
148 
39 
79 
19 
30 
34 
(D) 
14 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
112 
68 
81 
82 
97 
71 
42 
24 
2007 
134 
58 
90 
53 
98 
64 
46 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
1,113 
61 
92 
113 
40 
96 
23 
24 
2007 
385 
31 
81 
55 
90 
38 
(D) 
15 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
107 
103 
108 
117 
156 
106 
133 
54 
2007 
125 
82 
136 
100 
156 
88 
140 
58 
$1,000, 2012 
245 
498 
1,540 
2,744 
1,008 
1,474 
600 
217 
2007 
324 
270 
1,528 
809 
771 
1,057 
1,101 
319 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
66 
39 
53 
80 
90 
61 
62 
22 
2007 
58 
42 
67 
53 
81 
41 
63 
27 
$1,000, 2012 
143 
146 
164 
280 
260 
228 
169 
72 
2007 
123 
129 
204 
132 
193 
107 
112 
63 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
62 
81 
77 
57 
84 
65 
82 
40 
2007 
81 
53 
91 
55 
103 
54 
94 
39 
$1,000, 2012 
102 
351 
1,376 
2,464 
747 
1,246 
431 
144 
2007 
201 
141 
1,324 
677 
578 
950 
988 
257 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
348 
242 
280 
309 
424 
224 
297 
115 
2007 
382 
209 
257 
254 
420 
233 
298 
95 
$1,000, 2012 
1,095 
1,236 
2,435 
2,538 
1,335 
1,010 
986 
485 
2007 
769 
572 
831 
909 
1,003 
566 
1,029 
207 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
526 
327 
387 
423 
561 
339 
388 
160 
2007 
597 
329 
472 
433 
664 
375 
458 
188 
$1,000, 2012 
1,071 
365 
704 
608 
768 
515 
528 
289 
2007 
615 
346 
685 
519 
659 
402 
515 
206 
Utilities farms, 2012 
239 
140 
204 
217 
243 
145 
177 
88 
2007 
194 
110 
191 
137 
205 
112 
174 
64 
$1,000, 2012 
656 
176 
211 
161 
169 
192 
171 
60 
2007 
445 
75 
170 
71 
133 
132 
133 
56 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
366 
240 
328 
351 
455 
263 
314 
137 
2007 
550 
307 
437 
410 
624 
350 
433 
167 
$1,000, 2012 
700 
535 
819 
831 
934 
514 
674 
274 
2007 
1,116 
500 
1,138 
688 
1,197 
609 
943 
466 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
62 
50 
79 
69 
85 
70 
68 
14 
2007 
47 
45 
75 
59 
90 
57 
74 
18 
$1,000, 2012 
2,955 
276 
613 
224 
170 
643 
365 
142 
2007 
1,398 
414 
626 
94 
139 
757 
537 
154 
Contract labor farms, 2012 
17 
22 
19 
16 
37 
11 
18 
5 
2007 
12 
22 
16 
11 
24 
12 
12 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
74 
71 
20 
(D) 
86 
42 
69 
(D) 
2007 
16 
103 
26 
31 
33 
48 
(D) 
22 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 2012 
20 
4 
41 
39 
31 
27 
25 
14 
2007 
25 
16 
31 
20 
29 
29 
24 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
12 
2 
78 
184 
34 
18 
49 
15 
2007 
15 
18 
24 
64 
21 
34 
25 
17 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 2012 
39 
35 
75 
46 
110 
52 
42 
34 
2007 
27 
36 
85 
20 
58 
37 
23 
21 
$1,000, 2012 
97 
71 
355 
125 
229 
139 
102 
133 
2007 
136 
71 
206 
54 
74 
71 
31 
56 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 2012 
12 
14 
10 
2 
10 
12 
8 
3 
2007 
17 
13 
9 
6 
13 
6 
2 
5 
$1,000, 2012 
43 
5 
16 
(D) 
8 
13 
7 
(D) 
2007 
25 
17 
43 
5 
9 
4 
(D) 
12 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
79 
56 
82 
127 
177 
71 
83 
44 
2007 
100 
54 
86 
108 
148 
53 
114 
29 
$1,000, 2012 
454 
303 
372 
780 
1,034 
420 
310 
69 
2007 
621 
269 
363 
764 
836 
267 
416 
81 
Secured by real estate farms, 2012 
64 
42 
57 
92 
138 
52 
62 
22 
2007 
87 
43 
60 
88 
123 
44 
89 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
409 
232 
311 
491 
815 
351 
243 
40 
2007 
571 
230 
285 
569 
722 
202 
349 
56 
Not secured by real estate farms, 2012 
36 
36 
46 
79 
93 
42 
44 
31 
2007 
37 
29 
59 
59 
81 
31 
63 
20 
$1,000, 2012 
45 
71 
62 
289 
219 
69 
67 
29 
2007 
51 
38 
78 
195 
114 
65 
67 
25 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
524 
318 
395 
424 
568 
327 
392 
159 
2007 
595 
324 
440 
414 
630 
331 
446 
179 
$1,000, 2012 
519 
331 
324 
429 
421 
250 
381 
113 
2007 
511 
226 
308 
348 
394 
202 
354 
108 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
196 
135 
206 
184 
257 
158 
165 
89 
2007 
219 
129 
236 
178 
275 
142 
200 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
563 
173 
412 
338 
350 
383 
244 
214 
2007 
261 
187 
579 
270 
348 
358 
(D) 
191 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
122 
120 
150 
164 
217 
112 
158 
69 
2007 
136 
103 
177 
137 
211 
119 
150 
67 
$1,000, 2012 
757 
886 
1,216 
970 
1,138 
952 
798 
631 
2007 
586 
509 
1,240 
796 
1,806 
836 
779 
340 
-continued 
254 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
