Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer

Marketing bill and farm value components of consumer expenditures for domestically produced farm foods

Consumer expenditures

Year

Total

At home¹

Away from home²

Marketing bill

Farm value

Farm value share of expenditures

Billion dollars

Percent

1950

44.0

--

--

26.0

18.0

41

1951

49.2

--

--

28.7

20.5

42

1952

50.9

--

--

30.5

20.4

40

1953

51.0

--

--

31.5

19.5

38

1954

51.1

--

--

32.3

18.8

37

1955

53.1

--

--

34.4

18.7

35

1956

55.5

--

--

36.3

19.2

35

1957

58.3

--

--

37.9

20.4

35

1958

61.0

--

--

39.6

21.4

35

1959

63.6

--

--

42.4

21.2

33

1960

66.9

--

--

44.6

22.3

33

1961

68.7

--

--

45.7

23.0

33

1962

71.3

--

--

47.6

23.7

33

1963

74.0

56.0

18.0

49.9

24.1

33

1964

77.5

58.5

19.0

52.6

24.9

32

1965

81.1

60.2

20.9

54.0

27.1

33

1966

86.9

64.0

22.9

57.1

29.8

34

1967

91.6

66.8

24.8

62.4

29.2

32

1968

96.8

69.5

27.3

65.9

30.9

32

1969

102.6

73.1

29.5

68.3

34.3

33

1970

110.6

78.2

32.4

75.1

35.5

32

1971

114.6

80.6

34.0

78.5

36.1

32

1972

122.2

85.4

36.8

82.4

39.8

33

1973

138.8

98.5

40.3

87.1

51.7

37

1974

154.6

109.5

45.1

98.2

56.4

36

1975

167.0

116.2

50.8

111.4

55.6

33

1976

183.3

127.2

56.1

125.0

58.3

32

1977

190.9

130.8

60.1

132.7

58.2

30

1978

216.9

149.2

67.7

147.4

69.5

32

1979

245.2

169.4

75.8

166.0

79.2

32

1980

264.4

180.1

84.3

182.7

81.7

31

1981

287.7

194.0

93.7

206.0

81.7

28

1982

298.9

196.7

102.2

217.5

81.4

27

1983

315.0

204.6

110.4

229.7

85.3

27

1984

332.0

213.1

118.9

242.2

89.8

27

1985

345.4

220.8

124.6

259.0

86.4

25

1986

359.6

226.0

133.6

270.8

88.8

25

1987

375.5

230.2

145.3

285.1

90.4

24

1988

398.8

242.1

156.7

301.9

96.8

24

1989

419.4

255.5

163.9

315.6

103.8

25

1990

449.8

276.2

173.6

343.6

106.2

24

1991

465.1

286.1

179.0

363.5

101.6

22

1992

474.5

289.6

184.9

369.4

105.1

22

1993

489.2

294.9

194.3

379.6

109.6

22

1994

512.2

308.7

203.5

402.6

109.6

21

1995

529.5

316.9

212.6

415.7

113.8

21

1996

546.7

328.0

218.7

424.5

122.2

22

1997

566.5

339.2

227.3

444.6

121.9

21

1998

585.0

346.8

238.2

465.4

119.6

20

1999

625.3

370.7

254.6

503.1

122.2

20

2000

661.1

390.2

270.9

537.8

123.3

19

2001

687.5

403.9

283.6

557.5

130.0

19

2002

709.4

416.8

292.6

576.9

132.5

19

2003

744.2

437.2

307.0

604.0

140.2

19

2004

788.9

463.5

325.4

633.4

155.5

20

-- = Not available.
¹Includes food purchased primarily at retail food stores.
²Includes food purchased at restaurants, fast-food outlets, and other public eating places, and food served in institutions, such as hospitals, schools, and rest homes.
Source: Calculated by ERS based on data from government and private sources.