| Farm,
Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators |
| empty
cell |
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| item |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
| Cash
receipts ($ billion) |
237.0 |
241.2 |
288.7 |
324.3 |
284.0f |
1.8 |
19.7 |
12.3 |
-12.4 |
| Crops |
111.9 |
122.5 |
150.1 |
183.1 |
165.0f |
9.5 |
22.5 |
22.0 |
-9.9 |
| Livestock |
125.1 |
118.7 |
138.6 |
141.2 |
119.0f |
-5.1 |
16.8 |
1.9 |
-15.7 |
| Direct
government payments ($ billion) |
24.4 |
15.8 |
11.9 |
12.2 |
12.6f |
-35.2 |
-24.7 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
| Gross
cash income
($ billion) |
275.5 |
273.5 |
316.9 |
356.3 |
316.3f |
-0.7 |
15.9 |
12.4 |
-11.2 |
| Net
cash income
($ billion) |
82.7 |
69.0 |
78.4 |
97.6 |
68.2f |
-16.6 |
13.6 |
24.5 |
-30.1 |
| Net
value added
($ billion) |
116.6 |
101.9 |
117.2 |
135.8 |
105.4f |
-12.6 |
15.0 |
15.9 |
-22.4 |
| Farm
equity ($ billion) |
1,583.0 |
1,720.0 |
1,841.2 |
1,765.5 |
1,701.5f |
8.7 |
7.0 |
-4.1 |
-3.6 |
| Farm
debt-asset ratio |
11.0 |
10.6 |
10.4 |
12.0 |
12.1f |
-3.6 |
-1.9 |
15.4 |
0.8 |
| Farm
household income ($/farm household)
|
81,086 |
81,251 |
88,912 |
80,090p |
75,895f |
0.2 |
9.4 |
-9.9 |
-5.2 |
| Farm
household income relative to average
U.S. household income (%) |
128.0 |
122.1 |
131.5 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Nonmetro-metro
difference in poverty rates (%points)1 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
5.5 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Cropland
harvested (million acres) |
314 |
304p |
na |
na |
na |
-3.2 |
na |
na |
na |
| USDA
Conservation Program expenditures
($ billion)2 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4p |
5.0f |
na |
0.0 |
2.3 |
13.6 |
na |
|
Food
and Fiber Sector Indicators |
| empty
cell |
|
| item |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
| U.S.
gross domestic product ($ billion) |
12,422 |
13,178 |
13,808 |
14,265 |
na |
6.1 |
4.8 |
3.3 |
na |
| Share
of agriculture and related industries
in GDP (%)1 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Share
of agriculture in GDP (%)1 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Total
agricultural imports ($ billion)2 |
57.7 |
64.0 |
70.1 |
79.3 |
81.0f |
10.9 |
9.5 |
13.1 |
2.1 |
| Total
agricultural exports ($ billion)2 |
62.5 |
68.6 |
82.2 |
115.5 |
96.0f |
9.8 |
19.8 |
40.5 |
-16.9 |
Export
share of the volume of U.S. agricultural
production (%)1 |
21.5 |
23.0
|
23.8p |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| CPI
for food
(1982-84=100) |
190.7 |
195.3 |
202.9 |
214.1 |
221.3f |
2.4 |
3.9 |
5.5 |
3.4 |
| Share
of U.S. disposable income spent on food
(%) |
9.7 |
9.8 |
9.7 |
9.6 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Share
of total food expenditures for at-home
consumption (%) |
51.4 |
51.5 |
51.5 |
51.5 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Farm-to-retail
price spread (1982-84=100) |
239.2 |
246.2 |
248.1 |
267.0 |
na |
2.9 |
0.8 |
7.6 |
na |
| Total
USDA food and nutrition assistance spending
($ billion)2 |
50.9 |
53.1 |
54.3 |
60.9 |
na |
4.3 |
2.3 |
12.2 |
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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