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Farm Income and Costs: Farm Sector Income

Farm income indicators, 2004 - 2006         
08/30/07       Change from
2004 to 2005
Change from
2005 to 2006
Change from
2004 to 2006
Item 2004 2005 2006
  $ billion $ bil % $ bil % $ bil %
Gross farm income 296.0 299.6 291.5 3.6 1.2 (8.1) (2.7) (4.5) (1.5)
 Gross cash income 267.4 281.3 272.5 13.9 5.2 (8.8) (3.1) 5.1 1.9
  Cash receipts 237.3 240.7 239.3 3.4 1.4 (1.5) (0.6) 1.9 0.8
   Crops 113.7 115.9 120.0 2.1 1.9 4.1 3.5 6.2 5.5
   Livestock and products 123.6 124.9 119.3 1.3 1.0 (5.5) (4.4) (4.3) (3.5)
  Government payments 13.0 24.4 15.8 11.4 88.1 (8.6) (35.3) 2.8 21.7
  Farm-related income 17.1 16.2 17.5 (0.9) (5.5) 1.3 8.0 0.3 2.0
Noncash income 17.3 19.3 20.5 2.1 11.9 1.2 6.2 3.3 18.9
 Value of home consumption 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 13.8 0.1 20.7 0.1 37.3
 Rental value of dwellings 17.0 19.0 20.1 2.0 11.8 1.1 6.0 3.1 18.5
  Operator and other dwellings 1/ 16.3 18.3 19.7 2.0 12.3 1.4 7.5 3.4 20.8
  Hired laborer dwellings 0.7 0.7 0.4 (0.0) (0.2) (0.2) (36.3) (0.2) (36.4)
 Value of inventory adjustment 11.2 (1.1) (1.6) (12.3) (109.3) (0.5) 51.7 (12.8) (114.2)
                   
Total production expenses 210.0 222.5 232.5 12.4 5.9 10.0 4.5 22.4 10.7
 Purchased inputs 134.9 142.1 148.9 7.2 5.3 6.8 4.8 14.0 10.4
  Farm origin 57.5 56.9 59.8 (0.7) (1.1) 2.9 5.1 2.2 3.9
   Feed purchased 29.7 28.0 30.5 (1.7) (5.7) 2.5 8.9 0.8 2.7
   Livestock and poultry purchased 18.2 18.4 18.2 0.2 1.3 (0.2) (1.2) 0.0 0.1
   Seed purchased 9.6 10.4 11.0 0.8 8.3 0.6 5.8 1.4 14.6
  Manufactured inputs 31.6 35.4 37.0 3.8 11.9 1.6 4.4 5.3 16.8
   Fertilizer and lime 11.4 12.8 13.3 1.4 12.3 0.5 3.9 1.9 16.7
   Pesticides 8.6 8.8 8.8 0.2 2.3 (0.0) (0.0) 0.2 2.3
   Fuel and oil 8.2 10.3 11.1 2.1 25.4 0.8 8.0 2.9 35.5
   Electricity 3.4 3.5 3.7 0.1 1.8 0.2 6.9 0.3 8.9
 Other purchased inputs 45.7 49.8 52.1 4.1 9.0 2.3 4.6 6.4 14.0
  Repair and maintenance 11.9 11.9 12.4 (0.1) (0.4) 0.5 4.2 0.4 3.7
  Other miscellaneous 33.8 37.9 39.7 4.2 12.3 1.8 4.8 6.0 17.7
Interest 11.4 13.0 14.7 1.6 13.7 1.7 13.4 3.3 28.9
 Real estate 6.7 7.2 8.2 0.5 7.4 1.0 14.0 1.5 22.4
 Nonreal estate 4.7 5.8 6.5 1.1 22.7 0.7 12.7 1.8 38.3
Contract and hired labor expenses 23.5 23.7 24.4 0.2 0.9 0.7 2.8 0.9 3.8
Net rent to nonoperator landlords 2/ 10.0 10.6 9.3 0.6 5.9 (1.3) (12.4) (0.7) (7.2)
Capital consumption 23.1 25.0 26.1 1.8 8.0 1.2 4.7 3.0 13.0
Property taxes 7.0 8.0 9.0 1.0 14.3 1.0 12.5 2.0 28.6
                   
   NET FARM INCOME 3/ 85.9 77.1 59.0 (8.8) (10.3) (18.1) (23.5) (26.9) (31.3)
                   
Gross receipts of farms 279.7 281.3 271.8 1.6 0.6 (9.5) (3.4) (7.9) (2.8)
Farm production expenses 202.1 213.4 222.8 11.3 5.6 9.5 4.4 20.8 10.3
 Expense not paid to stakeholders 160.8 169.6 178.0 8.8 5.5 8.4 4.9 17.2 10.7
  Purchased inputs 132.9 139.9 146.8 7.0 5.3 6.9 5.0 13.9 10.5
  Capital consumption 18.8 19.9 20.5 1.1 6.0 0.6 3.1 1.7 9.3
  Property taxes 6.0 6.8 7.6 0.8 12.7 0.8 11.8 1.6 26.0
  Contract labor 3.1 3.1 3.1 (0.0) (1.3) 0.0 0.7 (0.0) (0.6)
                   
Payments to stakeholders 41.3 43.7 44.8 2.4 5.9 1.1 2.5 3.5 8.6
 Interest 10.8 12.4 14.2 1.6 14.7 1.8 14.2 3.4 31.0
 Hired labor compensation 20.4 20.7 21.3 0.3 1.2 0.7 3.1 0.9 4.4
 Net rent to nonoperator landlords 4/ 10.0 10.6 9.3 0.6 5.9 (1.3) (12.4) (0.7) (7.2)
                   
    RETURNS TO OPERATORS 5/ 77.6 67.9 48.9 (9.7) (12.5) (19.0) (27.9) (28.6) (36.9)
                   
Gross cash income 267.4 281.3 272.5 13.9 5.2 (8.8) (3.1) 5.1 1.9
                   
Cash expenses 185.2 195.5 204.7 10.3 5.5 9.2 4.7 19.4 10.5
 Cash expenses, excluding net rent 172.6 182.2 192.6 9.6 5.5 10.4 5.7 20.0 11.6
  Purchased inputs 132.9 139.9 146.8 7.0 5.3 6.9 5.0 13.9 10.5
  Interest 10.8 12.4 14.2 1.6 14.7 1.8 14.2 3.4 31.0
  Cash labor expenses 22.9 23.1 24.0 0.2 0.9 0.9 3.9 1.1 4.9
  Property taxes 6.0 6.8 7.6 0.8 12.7 0.8 11.8 1.6 26.0
Net rent to nonoperator landlords 4/ 12.6 13.3 12.1 0.7 5.6 (1.3) (9.4) (0.5) (4.4)
                   
    NET CASH INCOME 82.2 85.8 67.9 3.6 4.4 (17.9) (20.9) (14.3) (17.4)
F = forecast P=Preliminary Totals may not add due to rounding. ( ) indicates negative number         
1/ Value added to gross income by imputed value of rental services provided by the dwellings. Value added to net farm income equals difference in net farm income and returns to operators.         
2/ Includes landlord capital consumption.          
3/ Statistics in and above the Net Farm Income line represent the farm sector, defined as including farm operators' dwellings located on farms. Statistics below the Net Farm Income line represent only the farm businesses to the exclusion of the operators' dwellings.         
4/ Excludes landlord capital consumption.         
5/ Returns-to-operators is the operators' share of the net income generated by the farm sector's production of commodities and farm business activities in a calendar year. It differs conceptually from farm sector financial indicators by excluding the gross imputed rent of farm operators' dwellings and the expenses associated with the operators' dwellings. The difference between returns-to-operators and net farm income is equivalent to the net rental value of farm operator dwellings         
Note: Some of the component accounts in this farm income table format that are similar in name to ones in the value-added table format have definitional differences.         
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Updated date: August 30, 2007