Household income varies by commodity specialization, 2008

Horizontal Stacked Bar chart with 14 groups with 3 items per group.

Group 1, All family farms.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 23.3% 20.824.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 61.5% 54.981.
Item 3, Farm income 15.2% 13.629.
Group 2, General cash grain.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 13.9% 19.757.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 30.6% 43.535.
Item 3, Farm income 55.5% 78.805.
Group 3, Wheat.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 15.5% 16.19.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 31.0% 32.475.
Item 3, Farm income 53.5% 56.041.
Group 4, Rice.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 8.9% 13.968.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 22.3% 34.993.
Item 3, Farm income 68.8% 107.716.
Group 5, Corn.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 11.7% 18.529.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 32.1% 50.933.
Item 3, Farm income 56.2% 89.176.
Group 6, Soybean.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 18.9% 22.027.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 39.4% 45.842.
Item 3, Farm income 41.6% 48.407.
Group 7, Cotton.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 27.7% 22.95.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 33.5% 27.828.
Item 3, Farm income 38.8% 32.18.
Group 8, Other field crops.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 27.0% 21.628.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 70.3% 56.346.
Item 3, Farm income 2.8% 2.22.
Group 9, High value crops*.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 23.7% 29.114.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 46.3% 56.799.
Item 3, Farm income 30.0% 36.768.
Group 10, Beef cattle.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 30.2% 22.678.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 71.2% 53.494.
Item 3, Farm income -1.4% -1.051.
Group 11, Hogs.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 11.5% 16.685.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 37.9% 54.804.
Item 3, Farm income 50.6% 73.2.
Group 12, Poultry.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 24.0% 18.355.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 35.1% 26.804.
Item 3, Farm income 40.8% 31.173.
Group 13, Dairy.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 9.3% 10.474.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 16.3% 18.432.
Item 3, Farm income 74.4% 84.029.
Group 14, General livestock.
Item 1, Off-farm unearned income 20.9% 16.419.
Item 2, Off-farm earned income 91.0% 71.507.
Item 3, Farm income -11.8% -9.306.

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*Includes fruit, nuts, vegetables, greenhouse and nursery. Source: 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey, Economic Research Service, USDA. 2008 is forecast.

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