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Farm Income and Costs: Farm Sector Income Forecast

Income statement for U.S. farm sector, 2005-2009F
Component accounts
2005
2006
2007
09/27/09
2008
11/24/09
2009F
1999-
2008 average
 
$ billion
Cash income statement:
1. Cash receipts 241.0 240.9 288.5 324.2 282.1 232.3
   Crops 1/ 116.1 122.3 149.9 183.1 163.6 117.5
   Livestock 124.9 118.6 138.6 141.1 118.4 114.8
2. Direct government payments 2/ 24.4 15.8 11.9 12.2 12.5 17.3
3. Farm-related income 3/ 14.2 16.6 16.3 19.8 21.3 14.9
4. Gross cash income (1+2+3) 279.6 273.3 316.7 356.2 315.9 264.5
5. Cash expenses 4/ 192.8 204.5 238.5 258.7 246.0 193.0
6. NET CASH INCOME 5/ (4-5) 86.8 68.8 78.2 97.5 69.8 71.6
Farm income statement:
7. Gross cash income (1+2+3) 279.6 273.3 316.7 356.2 315.9 264.5
8. Nonmoney income 6/ 19.2 21.0 21.1 23.3 20.3 16.8
9. Inventory adjustment (0.4) (3.1) 0.6 (2.4) (1.0) 0.2
10. Gross farm income (7+8+9) 298.4 291.2 338.4 377.1 335.2 281.5
11. Total expenses 219.7 232.7 267.5 290.0 278.1 218.0
12. NET FARM INCOME (10-11) 78.7 58.5 70.9 87.1 57.0 63.6
F = forecast. P = preliminary. na = not applicable. ( ) = negative number. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
1/ Includes CCC loans.
2/ Government payments reflect payments made directly to all recipients in the farm sector, including landlords. The nonoperator landlords, share is offset by its inclusion in rental expenses paid to these landlords and thus is not reflected in net farm income or net cash income.
3/ Income from custom work, machine hire, recreational activities, forest product sales, and other farm sources.
4/ Excludes depreciation and perquisites to hired labor.
5/ Excludes farm households.
6/ Value of home consumption of farm products plus the imputed rental value of operator dwellings.
Note: This farm income forecast reflects the USDA's assessment of the outlook for commodities as reflected in the latest available WASDE report. The WASDE reports are available at http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1194.

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Updated date: November 24, 2009