Sources of income for farm operator household by level of government
farm payment, 2006

$1,000 dollars

Stacked Bar chart with 4 groups and 3 items per group.

Group 1, No payment, Total value of 75.765.
Item 1, Other off-farm income value of 17.52 which is 23.1% of No payment.
Item 2, Earned off-farm income value of 56.62 which is 74.7% of No payment.
Item 3, Earned farm income value of 1.625 which is 2.1% of No payment.
Group 2, Less than $10,000, Total value of 70.003.
Item 1, Other off-farm income value of 20.054 which is 28.6% of Less than $10,000.
Item 2, Earned off-farm income value of 44.694 which is 63.8% of Less than $10,000.
Item 3, Earned farm income value of 5.255 which is 7.5% of Less than $10,000.
Group 3, $10,000 - $29,999, Total value of 89.012.
Item 1, Other off-farm income value of 20.213 which is 22.7% of $10,000 - $29,999.
Item 2, Earned off-farm income value of 35.228 which is 39.6% of $10,000 - $29,999.
Item 3, Earned farm income value of 33.571 which is 37.7% of $10,000 - $29,999.
Group 4, $30,000 or more, Total value of 136.346.
Item 1, Other off-farm income value of 31.721 which is 23.3% of $30,000 or more.
Item 2, Earned off-farm income value of 28.592 which is 21.0% of $30,000 or more.
Item 3, Earned farm income value of 76.033 which is 55.8% of $30,000 or more.

Government farm payment level to farming operation
Source: 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey, Economic Research Service, USDA.

back