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Farm Income and Costs: Farm Sector Income Forecast

Balance sheet of the U.S. farming sector, 2007-2011F
Financial measures 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011f %
chng
08-09
%
chng
09-10
%
chng
10-11f
11/16/2011 $ million Percent
Farm assets 2,055,276 2,023,302 2,054,378 2,190,857 2,339,783 1.5 6.6 6.8
 Real estate 1,751,386 1,702,961 1,724,412 1,853,743 1,987,231 1.3 7.5 7.2
 Livestock and poultry 80,649 80,607 79,785 81,372 80,194 -1.0 2.0 -1.4
 Machinery and motor vehicles 1/ 114,706 123,380 125,971 127,940 133,487 2.1 1.6 4.3
 Crops stored 2/ 22,703 27,610 32,887 35,595 39,551 19.1 8.2 11.1
 Purchased inputs 7,019 7,167 7,217 7,345 7,567 0.7 1.8 3.0
 Financial assets 78,812 81,577 84,106 84,862 91,753 3.1 0.9 8.1
Total farm debt 3/ 214,063 241,611 241,882 246,859 242,459 0.1 2.1 -1.8
 Real estate 112,682 134,667 131,314 136,262 132,131 -2.5 3.8 -3.0
  Farm Credit System 46,793 57,701 57,181 61,688   -0.9 7.9  
  Farm Service Agency 2,281 2,313 2,343 2,793   1.3 19.2  
  Commercial banks 41,884 50,564 50,084 51,867   -0.9 3.6  
  Life insurance companies 12,750 14,991 13,478 12,762   -10.1 -5.3  
  Individuals and others 8,657 8,948 7,759 6,931   -13.3 -10.7  
  Storage facility loans 316 151 469 222   210.7 -52.6  
 Nonreal estate 101,382 106,944 110,569 110,596 110,328 3.4 0.0 -0.2
 Farm Credit System 31,622 37,290 39,883 40,533   7.0 1.6  
  Farm Service Agency 2,808 2,652 2,823 3,322   6.5 17.6  
  Commercial banks 54,129 57,313 57,027 56,609   -0.5 -0.7  
  Individuals and others 12,823 9,690 10,835 10,133   11.8 -6.5  
Farm equity 1,841,212 1,781,691 1,812,496 1,943,998 2,097,324 1.7 7.3 7.9
Selected ratios:
 Debt-to-equity 11.6 13.6 13.3 12.7 11.6      
 Debt-to-asset 10.4 11.9 11.8 11.3 10.4      
Note: F = forecast & P = preliminary. Numbers may not add due to rounding. Balance sheet is as of December 31.
1/ Includes only farm share of value for trucks and automobiles.
2/ Non-CCC crops held on farms plus value above loan rates for crops held under CCC.
3/ Includes CCC storage and drying facilities loans but excludes debt on operator dwellings and for nonfarm purposes.

See all forecast tables.

 

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Updated date: November 29, 2011