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Agricultural
Income and Finance Outlook—This annual periodical
provides historical estimates and forecasts of financial
information that gauge the financial health of the Nation's
farmers and ranchers. Financial information is provided
for the whole farm sector (including contractors and landlords),
for all farms, for farm businesses with a principal operator
whose major occupation is farming, and for the households
of principal farm operators. Common topics include
trends in income, value added, receipts, government payments,
expenses, debt, assets, and financial performance. Because
of the great diversity across the farm sector many indicators
are presented by size of farm and other relevant classification
schemes.
Characteristics and Production
Cost—This series of reports examines how production
costs vary among producers of different commodities, including
production practices, input use levels (i.e., the technology
set), and farm operator/structural characteristics. The
reports also illustrate the degree to which costs vary
for producers of different commodities and indicate possible
reasons for the variation. Characteristics and production
costs are examined for low- and high-cost producers of
each commodity, and producers of varying size, region,
and typology classification.
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