| Farm,
Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators |
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| item |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
| Cash
receipts ($ billion) |
|
240.9 |
240.8 |
284.8 |
323.4f |
1.6 |
0.0 |
18.3 |
13.6 |
| Crops |
113.6 |
116.0 |
122.6 |
147.0 |
179.9f |
2.1 |
5.7 |
19.9 |
22.4 |
| Livestock |
123.6 |
124.9 |
118.2 |
137.9 |
143.5f |
1.1 |
-5.4 |
16.7 |
4.1 |
| Direct
government payments ($ billion) |
13.0 |
24.4 |
15.8 |
11.9 |
12.5f |
87.7 |
-35.2 |
-24.7 |
5.0 |
| Gross
cash income
($ billion) |
267.3 |
281.5 |
274.1 |
313.4 |
353.5f |
5.3 |
-2.6 |
14.3 |
12.8 |
| Net
cash income
($ billion) |
82.3 |
86.6 |
68.0 |
87.4 |
90.7f |
5.2 |
-21.5 |
28.5 |
3.8 |
| Net
value added
($ billion) |
127.6 |
123.6 |
103.1 |
132.5 |
134.9f |
-3.1 |
-16.6 |
28.5 |
1.8 |
| Farm
equity ($ billion) |
1,434.6 |
1,642.2 |
1,851.0 |
1,998.4 |
2,134.5f |
14.5 |
12.7 |
8.0 |
6.8 |
| Farm
debt-asset ratio |
11.3 |
10.5 |
9.6 |
9.6 |
9.2f |
-7.1 |
-8.6 |
0.0 |
-4.2 |
| Farm
household income ($/farm household)
|
80,843 |
81,086 |
81,251 |
86,223 |
86,798f |
0.3 |
0.2 |
6.1 |
0.7 |
| Farm
household income relative to average
U.S. household income (%) |
133.7 |
128.0 |
122.1 |
127.5 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Nonmetro-metro
difference in poverty rates (%points)1 |
na |
2.3 |
3.4 |
5.5 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Cropland
harvested (million acres) |
312 |
314 |
304p |
na |
na |
0.6 |
-3.2 |
na |
na |
| USDA
Conservation Program expenditures
($ billion)2 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4p |
5.0f |
4.9 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
13.6 |
|
Food
and Fiber Sector Indicators |
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cell |
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| item |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
| U.S.
gross domestic product ($ billion) |
11,686 |
12,434 |
13,195 |
13,844 |
na |
6.4 |
6.1 |
4.9 |
na |
| Share
of agriculture and related industries
in GDP (%)1 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
na |
na |
-6.3 |
-4.4 |
na |
na |
| Share
of agriculture in GDP (%)1 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
na |
na |
-16.3 |
-12.5 |
na |
na |
| Total
agricultural imports ($ billion)2 |
52.7 |
57.7 |
64.0 |
70.1 |
79.3 |
9.5 |
10.9 |
9.5 |
13.1 |
| Total
agricultural exports ($ billion)2 |
62.4 |
62.5 |
68.6 |
82.2 |
115.5 |
0.2 |
9.8 |
19.8 |
40.5 |
Export
share of the volume of U.S. agricultural
production (%)1 |
22.8 |
21.5 |
23.0 |
23.8p |
na |
-5.7 |
7.0 |
3.5 |
na |
| CPI
for food
(1982-84=100) |
186.2 |
190.7 |
195.3 |
202.9 |
214.1 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
3.9 |
5.5 |
| Share
of U.S. disposable income spent on food
(%) |
9.7 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
na |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
na |
| Share
of total food expenditures for at-home
consumption (%) |
51.4 |
51.4 |
51.1 |
51.2 |
na |
0.0 |
-0.6 |
0.2 |
na |
| Farm-to-retail
price spread (1982-84=100) |
232.1 |
239.2 |
246.2 |
248.3 |
na |
3.1 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
na |
| Total
USDA food and nutrition assistance spending
($ billion)2 |
46.2 |
50.9 |
53.1 |
54.3 |
na |
10.2 |
4.3 |
2.3 |
na |
| f
= Forecast. p = Preliminary. na = Not
available. All dollar amounts are in
current dollars.
1 The methodology for computing
these measures has changed. These statistics
are not comparable to previously published
statistics. Sources and computation
methodology are available at:
www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/About/IndicatorsNotes.htm
2
Based on October-September fiscal years
ending with year indicated. |
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