United States : Leading commdities for cash receipts, 2008 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R Percent Percent Value a Item Value of of total Cumulative of U.S. of U.S. n receipts receipts percent 1/ value 2/ receipts k ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1,000 dollars ---------- Percent ---------- 1,000 dollars All commodities 324,186,533 100.0 -- 100.0 324,186,533 Crops 183,096,155 56.5 -- 100.0 183,096,155 Livestock and products 141,090,378 43.5 -- 100.0 141,090,378 1 Corn 51,550,748 15.9 15.9 100.0 51,550,748 2 Cattle and calves 48,189,205 14.9 30.8 100.0 48,189,205 3 Dairy products 34,772,735 10.7 41.5 100.0 34,772,735 4 Soybeans 29,058,111 9.0 50.5 100.0 29,058,111 5 Broilers 23,112,184 7.1 57.6 100.0 23,112,184 6 Wheat 17,445,471 5.4 63.0 100.0 17,445,471 7 Greenhouse/nursery 16,096,699 5.0 67.9 100.0 16,096,699 8 Hogs 16,077,382 5.0 72.9 100.0 16,077,382 9 Chicken eggs 8,225,507 2.5 75.4 100.0 8,225,507 10 Hay 7,402,735 2.3 77.7 100.0 7,402,735 11 Cotton 5,684,221 1.8 79.5 100.0 5,684,221 12 Turkeys 4,478,260 1.4 80.8 100.0 4,478,260 13 Potatoes 3,689,343 1.1 82.0 100.0 3,689,343 14 Grapes 3,345,958 1.0 83.0 100.0 3,345,958 15 Rice 3,214,397 1.0 84.0 100.0 3,214,397 16 Apples 2,667,803 0.8 84.8 100.0 2,667,803 17 Tomatoes 2,373,718 0.7 85.6 100.0 2,373,718 18 Almonds 2,262,400 0.7 86.3 100.0 2,262,400 19 Lettuce 1,986,151 0.6 86.9 100.0 1,986,151 20 Oranges 1,969,204 0.6 87.5 100.0 1,969,204 21 Strawberries 1,885,259 0.6 88.1 100.0 1,885,259 22 Sorghum grain 1,833,814 0.6 88.6 100.0 1,833,814 23 Tobacco 1,445,471 0.4 89.1 100.0 1,445,471 24 Aquaculture 1,267,783 0.4 89.5 100.0 1,267,783 25 Horses/mules 1,165,000 0.4 89.8 100.0 1,165,000 Government payments 4/ 12,237,568 -- -- 100.0 12,237,568 Net farm income 5/ 87,073,789 -- -- 100.0 87,073,789 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ -- = Not applicable 1/ The cumulative percentage is the sum of the percent of total receipts for each commodity and all preceding commodities. 2/ Percent State receipts are of U.S. receipts for same line item. 3/ Commodities at the bottom of the above ranked list of commodities and having no accompanying data would have appeared within the ranked list of leading commodities, but were excluded to avoid disclosure of confidential information about individual producers. 4/ Government payments made directly to farmers in cash or Payment-in-Kind. 5/ Net farm income, a value of production measure, is the farm operator's share of the sector's net value added to the National economy from production activities within a calendar year.