Data Sets

Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer

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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
2005	830.7	488.1	342.6	672.9	157.8	19
2006	880.7	517.5	363.2	717.5	163.2	19

-- = 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.

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Updated date: May 28, 2008