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Farm Income and Costs: Farm Sector Income

Farm income indicators, 2006 - 2008F            
United States

Component
accounts 1/
2006
2007
2008
Change
from
2007
to
2008
1998-
2007
(10-year)
average
Deviation
of 2008
from
10-year average
09/25/09
$ billion
Gross farm income 291.2 338.4 377.1 39.4 281.5 105.4
 Gross cash income 273.3 316.7 356.2 39.4 264.5 105.4
  Cash receipt 240.9 288.5 324.2 35.6 232.3 105.1
   Crops 122.3 149.9 183.1 33.0 117.5 74.1
   Livestock and products 118.6 138.6 141.1 2.6 114.8 31.0
  Government payments 15.8 11.9 12.2 0.3 17.3 (5.1)
  Farm-related income 16.6 16.3 19.8 3.5 14.9 5.5
 Noncash income 21.0 21.1 23.3 2.2 16.8 7.8
  Value of home consumption 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1
  Rental value of dwellings 20.6 20.8 22.9 2.1 16.4 7.7
   Operator and other dwellings 1/ 20.2 20.4 22.2 1.7 15.9 7.5
   Hired laborer dwellings 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.2
 Value of inventory adjustment (3.1) 0.6 (2.4) (3.0) 0.2 (2.8)
Total production expenses 232.7 267.5 290.0 22.5 218.0 82.5
 Purchased inputs 151.3 179.6 197.3 17.7 141.3 64.2
  Farm origin 61.1 73.4 79.5 6.2 57.2 25.8
   Feed purchased 31.4 41.9 46.9 5.0 30.4 18.7
   Livestock and poultry purchased 18.6 18.8 17.5 (1.3) 16.8 1.2
   Seed purchased 11.0 12.6 15.1 2.5 10.0 5.9
  Manufactured inputs 37.5 46.3 55.0 8.7 34.8 22.9
   Fertilizer and lime 13.3 17.7 22.5 4.8 12.8 10.9
   Pesticides 9.0 10.5 11.7 1.2 9.1 2.9
   Fuel and oil 11.3 13.8 16.2 2.4 9.3 8.0
   Electricity 3.8 4.3 4.5 0.3 3.6 1.1
  Other purchased inputs 52.7 59.9 62.8 2.8 49.2 15.5
   Repair and maintenance 12.5 14.3 14.8 0.5 12.0 3.3
   Other miscellaneous 40.2 45.6 47.9 2.3 37.3 12.2
Interest 14.4 15.1 14.5 (0.7) 13.3 1.3
 Real estate 8.0 8.3 8.0 (0.3) 7.2 0.9
 Nonreal estate 6.4 6.9 6.5 (0.4) 6.1 0.4
Contract and hired labor expenses 24.2 28.4 29.6 1.2 23.5 7.1
Net rent to nonoperator landlords 2/ 7.6 7.0 9.3 2.3 8.7 0.4
Capital consumption 26.2 27.1 28.7 1.6 23.3 6.3
Property taxes 9.0 10.3 10.7 0.4 7.9 3.2
NET FARM INCOME 3/ 58.5 70.9 87.1 16.1 63.6 27.9
Gross receipts of farms 271.1 318.0 355.0 36.9 265.7 103.0
Farm production expenses 222.6 256.9 278.5 21.6 209.8 78.6
 Expense not paid to stakeholders 180.4 211.9 230.9 19.0 168.3 71.8
  Purchased inputs 149.3 177.7 194.8 17.0 139.4 63.3
  Capital consumption 20.5 20.9 22.3 1.4 18.8 4.1
  Property taxes 7.6 8.8 9.1 0.3 6.8 2.7
  Contract labor 3.0 4.4 4.7 0.3 3.3 1.7
 Payments to stakeholders 42.2 45.0 47.6 2.6 41.5 6.8
  Interest 13.4 14.0 13.4 (0.6) 12.6 0.9
  Hired labor compensation 21.2 24.0 24.9 0.9 20.3 5.4
  Net rent to nonoperator landlords 7.6 7.0 9.3 2.3 8.7 0.4
RETURNS TO OPERATORS 4/ 48.4 61.1 76.4 15.2 55.9 24.3
Gross cash income 273.3 316.7 356.2 39.4 264.5 105.4
 Cash expenses 204.5 238.5 258.7 20.2 193.0 75.1
  Cash expenses, excluding net rent 194.2 228.6 246.2 17.6 181.8 73.9
   Purchased inputs 149.3 177.7 194.8 17.0 139.4 63.3
   Interest 13.4 14.0 13.4 (0.6) 12.6 0.9
   Cash labor expenses 23.8 28.1 28.9 0.8 23.0 6.9
   Property taxes 7.6 8.8 9.1 0.3 6.8 2.7
Net rent to nonoperator landlords 5/ 10.4 9.8 12.5 2.6 11.2 1.2
NET CASH INCOME 68.8 78.2 97.5 19.2 71.6 30.4
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/ 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.
5/ Excludes landlord capital consumption.
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: September 29, 2009