Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Spokane 
Stevens 
Thurston 
Wahkiakum 
Walla Walla 
Whatcom 
Whitman 
Yakima 
Total farm production expenses farms, 2012 
2,501 
1,148 
1,336 
109 
943 
1,702 
1,195 
3,143 
2007 
2,502 
1,258 
1,288 
119 
929 
1,483 
1,247 
3,540 
$1,000, 2012 
126,855 
33,240 
111,653 
3,016 
341,151 
314,860 
237,688 
1,358,478 
2007 
103,956 
26,993 
99,025 
3,416 
279,380 
267,962 
166,656 
857,111 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
50,722 
28,955 
83,572 
27,668 
361,772 
184,994 
198,902 
432,223 
2007 
41,549 
21,457 
76,883 
28,707 
300,732 
180,689 
133,646 
242,122 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms, 2012 
892 
386 
367 
20 
510 
566 
657 
1,468 
2007 
915 
414 
431 
26 
480 
565 
710 
2,086 
$1,000, 2012 
19,626 
1,375 
2,939 
24 
28,205 
9,265 
48,729 
35,932 
2007 
16,491 
1,141 
2,429 
30 
19,301 
5,625 
36,797 
27,825 
Chemicals purchased farms, 2012 
1,143 
480 
319 
36 
628 
566 
800 
1,844 
2007 
959 
382 
363 
33 
517 
479 
780 
2,090 
$1,000, 2012 
10,836 
690 
946 
23 
27,476 
11,201 
32,418 
77,717 
2007 
6,794 
386 
1,011 
27 
24,260 
6,648 
20,079 
45,698 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms, 2012 
816 
395 
306 
22 
358 
492 
622 
958 
2007 
644 
332 
253 
20 
330 
409 
607 
1,045 
$1,000, 2012 
7,575 
628 
3,767 
46 
13,500 
7,700 
19,024 
26,870 
2007 
7,192 
696 
2,645 
34 
9,698 
6,284 
13,023 
1 1 ,734 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
654 
313 
390 
39 
192 
514 
140 
825 
2007 
493 
289 
345 
25 
175 
406 
152 
842 
$1,000, 2012 
2,730 
2,220 
3,119 
(D) 
(D) 
13,716 
1,851 
51,722 
2007 
3,583 
1,005 
4,223 
90 
(D) 
9,332 
1,327 
41,638 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
223 
141 
191 
18 
66 
235 
74 
365 
2007 
229 
153 
187 
14 
73 
236 
87 
381 
$1,000, 2012 
917 
810 
526 
155 
417 
4,419 
665 
3,765 
2007 
1,813 
611 
1,266 
71 
(D) 
4,232 
842 
10,217 
Other livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms, 2012 
513 
207 
265 
24 
142 
322 
78 
574 
2007 
320 
168 
197 
14 
125 
215 
91 
569 
$1,000, 2012 
1,813 
1,410 
2,593 
(D) 
(D) 
9,297 
1,186 
47,956 
2007 
1,770 
394 
2,957 
20 
(D) 
5,101 
486 
31,420 
Feed purchased farms, 2012 
1,383 
755 
935 
81 
335 
1,076 
329 
1,447 
2007 
1,183 
748 
867 
72 
369 
917 
295 
1,410 
$1,000, 2012 
7,481 
6,760 
32,371 
1,207 
(D) 
103,779 
4,502 
247,896 
2007 
7,684 
4,294 
22,825 
1,063 
17,091 
89,701 
3,602 
139,054 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms, 2012 
2,275 
1,089 
1,208 
104 
830 
1,557 
1,082 
2,926 
2007 
2,445 
1,228 
1,268 
119 
901 
1,438 
1,218 
3,495 
$1,000, 2012 
9,694 
2,771 
3,373 
179 
14,517 
10,908 
20,284 
47,820 
2007 
9,719 
2,812 
3,458 
179 
10,483 
8,070 
16,384 
40,247 
Utilities farms, 2012 
1,290 
688 
697 
72 
668 
1,025 
764 
2,449 
2007 
1,026 
619 
643 
66 
541 
784 
600 
2,762 
$1,000, 2012 
3,507 
997 
3,678 
117 
13,577 
6,720 
4,055 
34,918 
2007 
2,616 
843 
3,158 
100 
9,757 
6,682 
2,216 
26,323 
Repairs, supplies, and maintenance costs farms, 2012 
1,774 
845 
905 
79 
671 
1,245 
898 
2,489 
2007 
2,278 
1,135 
1,170 
106 
830 
1,316 
1,123 
3,322 
$1,000, 2012 
11,912 
3,186 
6,406 
266 
19,183 
20,281 
25,721 
83,251 
2007 
1 1 ,454 
3,805 
11,270 
450 
16,911 
24,104 
17,610 
75,522 
Hired farm labor farms, 2012 
585 
221 
335 
32 
338 
528 
528 
1,288 
2007 
373 
209 
276 
41 
284 
481 
417 
1,483 
$1,000, 2012 
14,231 
3,581 
24,207 
314 
73,297 
57,713 
17,932 
352,278 
2007 
9,350 
2,503 
22,450 
354 
50,065 
47,008 
11,700 
232,247 
Contract labor farms, 201 2 
118 
62 
104 
7 
87 
156 
89 
340 
2007 
108 
69 
87 
12 
82 
109 
66 
430 
$1,000, 2012 
1,722 
477 
2,928 
34 
5,351 
1,771 
857 
23,248 
2007 
1,496 
237 
877 
138 
1,950 
1,448 
513 
9,058 
Customwork and custom hauling farms, 201 2 
289 
109 
134 
19 
235 
396 
289 
676 
2007 
192 
88 
118 
20 
172 
306 
210 
684 
$1,000, 2012 
2,332 
556 
1,402 
40 
9,652 
8,884 
4,996 
31,468 
2007 
722 
117 
505 
46 
(D) 
8,162 
2,270 
16,561 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms, 201 2 
401 
184 
144 
15 
175 
334 
316 
500 
2007 
314 
156 
128 
11 
165 
322 
335 
575 
$1,000, 2012 
9,974 
2,697 
1,747 
71 
12,350 
14,083 
17,396 
27,261 
2007 
6,701 
1,700 
1,668 
31 
16,647 
10,781 
12,180 
18,915 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles farms, 201 2 
122 
52 
71 
1 
115 
123 
147 
308 
2007 
105 
28 
52 
4 
97 
110 
125 
314 
$1,000, 2012 
1,578 
169 
499 
(D) 
(D) 
2,200 
4,213 
5,789 
2007 
669 
112 
374 
1 
3,048 
1,113 
2,152 
3,225 
Interest expense farms, 2012 
670 
310 
382 
22 
314 
517 
469 
1,047 
2007 
537 
277 
296 
39 
279 
456 
430 
1,128 
$1,000, 2012 
5,693 
2,315 
4,674 
88 
5,365 
12,128 
7,185 
37,609 
2007 
6,262 
2,610 
4,222 
393 
6,973 
13,256 
7,809 
28,070 
Secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
510 
236 
313 
17 
211 
415 
296 
843 
2007 
432 
225 
239 
35 
196 
368 
251 
913 
$1,000, 2012 
4,256 
1,995 
3,951 
85 
3,455 
8,681 
3,992 
28,680 
2007 
4,181 
1,923 
3,381 
364 
4,017 
9,345 
3,657 
15,703 
Not secured by real estate farms, 201 2 
328 
188 
162 
8 
197 
263 
299 
514 
2007 
301 
173 
170 
16 
159 
256 
316 
668 
$1,000, 2012 
1,438 
319 
723 
4 
1,910 
3,447 
3,194 
8,930 
2007 
2,082 
687 
841 
30 
2,956 
3,912 
4,152 
12,366 
Property taxes paid farms, 2012 
2,428 
1,115 
1,290 
107 
880 
1,627 
1,072 
3,004 
2007 
2,281 
1,142 
1,126 
112 
830 
1,343 
1,094 
3,315 
$1,000, 2012 
7,358 
2,583 
5,146 
222 
5,939 
6,300 
5,702 
23,132 
2007 
5,626 
2,287 
3,924 
280 
7,771 
5,61 6 
6,072 
19,282 
All other production expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
1,133 
606 
629 
46 
509 
752 
698 
1,630 
2007 
1,102 
584 
616 
63 
495 
779 
737 
2,036 
$1,000, 2012 
10,605 
2,237 
14,450 
205 
34,562 
28,210 
22,823 
251,568 
2007 
7,595 
2,444 
13,988 
199 
26,642 
24,132 
12,922 
121,712 
Depreciation expenses claimed (see text) farms, 2012 
940 
488 
416 
51 
419 
572 
667 
1,377 
2007 
945 
510 
468 
62 
442 
656 
644 
1,676 
$1,000, 2012 
12,871 
3,822 
7,464 
415 
25,567 
22,321 
24,211 
89,239 
2007 
11,373 
4,542 
11,401 
748 
19,039 
22,947 
15,701 
68,720 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Washington 255 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
