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Farm Income and Costs: Farm Sector Income

Farm income indicators, 2007 - 2009F
United States

Component
accounts 1/
2007
2008
2009F
Change
from
2008
to
2009
1999-
2008
(10-year) average
Deviation
of 2009
from
10-year
average
11/24/2009
$ billion
Gross farm income 338.4 377.1 335.2 (42.0) 281.5 53.6
 Gross cash income 316.7 356.2 315.9 (40.3) 264.5 51.3
  Cash receipts 288.5 324.2 282.1 (42.1) 232.3 49.8
   Crops 149.9 183.1 163.6 (19.4) 117.5 46.1
   Livestock and products 138.6 141.1 118.4 (22.7) 114.8 3.6
  Government payments 11.9 12.2 12.5 0.2 17.3 (4.9)
  Farm-related income 16.3 19.8 21.3 1.5 14.9 6.4
 Noncash income 21.1 23.3 20.3 (3.0) 16.8 3.5
  Value of home consumption 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.1
  Rental value of dwellings 20.8 22.9 19.8 (3.0) 16.4 3.4
   Operator and other dwellings 1/ 20.4 22.2 19.4 (2.7) 15.9 3.5
   Hired laborer dwellings 0.4 0.7 0.4 (0.3) 0.5 (0.1)
 Value of inventory adjustment 0.6 (2.4) (1.0) na 0.2 (1.2)
Total production expenses 267.5 290.0 278.1 (11.9) 218.0 60.2
 Purchased inputs 179.6 197.3 181.8 (15.5) 141.3 40.5
  Farm origin 73.4 79.5 76.7 (2.8) 57.2 19.5
   Feed purchased 41.9 46.9 43.4 (3.5) 30.4 13.0
   Livestock and poultry purchased 18.8 17.5 16.1 (1.4) 16.8 (0.6)
   Seed purchased 12.6 15.1 17.2 2.1 10.0 7.2
  Manufactured inputs 46.3 55.0 44.2 (10.8) 34.8 9.3
   Fertilizer and lime 17.7 22.5 16.3 (6.2) 12.8 3.5
   Pesticides 10.5 11.7 12.1 0.4 9.1 3.0
   Fuel and oil 13.8 16.2 11.1 (5.1) 9.3 1.8
   Electricity 4.3 4.5 4.7 0.1 3.6 1.0
  Other purchased inputs 59.9 62.8 60.9 (1.9) 49.2 11.6
   Repair and maintenance 14.3 14.8 14.5 (0.4) 12.0 2.5
   Other miscellaneous 45.6 47.9 46.4 (1.5) 37.3 9.1
 Interest 15.1 14.5 15.1 0.7 13.3 1.9
  Real estate 8.3 8.0 8.7 0.7 7.2 1.5
  Nonreal estate 6.9 6.5 6.5 (0.0) 6.1 0.4
  Contract and hired labor expenses 28.4 29.6 30.5 0.9 23.5 7.0
  Net rent to nonoperator landlords 2/ 7.0 9.3 10.5 1.2 8.7 1.8
  Capital consumption 27.1 28.7 29.1 0.4 23.3 5.8
  Property taxes 10.3 10.7 11.1 0.4 7.9 3.2
NET FARM INCOME 3/ 70.9 87.1 57.0 (30.0) 63.6 (6.5)
Gross receipts of farms 318.0 355.0 315.7 (39.2) 265.7 50.1
Farm production expenses 256.9 278.5 267.1 (11.4) 209.8 57.3
 Expense not paid to stakeholders 211.9 230.9 216.9 (14.1) 168.3 48.6
  Purchased inputs 177.7 194.8 179.3 (15.5) 139.4 39.9
  Capital consumption 20.9 22.3 23.3 1.0 18.8 4.5
  Property taxes 8.8 9.1 9.5 0.4 6.8 2.7
  Contract labor 4.4 4.7 4.8 0.1 3.3 1.5
 Payments to stakeholders 45.0 47.6 50.2 2.6 41.5 8.7
  Interest 14.0 13.4 14.0 0.6 12.6 1.5
  Hired labor compensation 24.0 24.9 25.7 0.8 20.3 5.4
  Net rent to nonoperator landlords 7.0 9.3 10.5 1.2 8.7 1.8
   RETURNS TO OPERATORS 4/ 61.1 76.4 48.7 (27.8) 55.9 (7.2)
Gross cash income 316.7 356.2 315.9 (40.3) 264.5 51.3
Cash expenses 238.5 258.7 246.0 (12.7) 193.0 53.1
 Cash expenses, excluding net rent 228.6 246.2 232.6 (13.6) 181.8 50.8
  Purchased inputs 177.7 194.8 179.3 (15.5) 139.4 39.9
  Interest 14.0 13.4 14.0 0.6 12.6 1.5
  Cash labor expenses 28.1 28.9 29.8 0.9 23.0 6.8
  Property taxes 8.8 9.1 9.5 0.4 6.8 2.7
Net rent to nonoperator landlords 5/ 9.8 12.5 13.5 1.0 11.2 2.2
   NET CASH INCOME 78.2 97.5 69.8 (27.7) 71.6 (1.8)
F = forecast P=preliminary. Totals may not add due to rounding. ( ) indicates negative number.
1/ Value added to gross income by imputed value of rental services provided by the dwellings. Value added to net farm income equals difference in net farm income and returns to operators.
2/ Includes landlord capital consumption.
3/ Statistics in and above the Net Farm Income line represent the farm sector, defined as including farm operators' dwellings located on farms. Statistics below the Net Farm Income line represent only the farm businesses to the exclusion of the operators' dwellings.
4/ Returns-to-operators is the operators' share of the net income generated by the farm sector's production of commodities and farm business activities in a calendar year. It differs conceptually from farm sector financial indicators by excluding the gross imputed rent of farm operators' dwellings and the expenses associated with the operators' dwellings. The difference between returns-to-operators and net farm income is equivalent to the net rental value of farm operator dwellings.
5/ Excludes landlord capital consumption.
Note: Some of the component accounts in this farm income table format that are similar in name to ones in the value-added table format have definitional differences.

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Updated date: November 24, 2009