Indicators

Farm, Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators
 Annual percent change
 1990199520002001200220031990-
2000
2001-
02
2002-
03
Cash receipts ($ billion)169.5188.0193.7202.8193.5f200.5f1.3-4.63.6
Crops80.3100.894.196.497.6f101.6f1.61.34.0
Livestock89.287.299.6106.495.9f98.9f1.1-9.93.2
Direct government payments ($ billion)9.37.322.920.713.1f17.6f9.4-36.633.7
Gross cash income ($ billion)186.9205.9230.4238.5222.5f234.9f2.1-6.75.6
Net cash income ($ billion)52.752.558.459.746.3f51.3f1.0-22.511.0
Net value added ($ billion)80.874.892.190.976.5f90.8f1.3-15.918.7
Farm equity ($ billion)702.6815.01,022.31,059.01,086.6f1,099.7f3.82.61.2
Farm debt-asset ratio16.415.615.315.415.7f16.0f-0.71.72.2
Farm household income ($/farm household)38,23744,39261,94764,117p62,515p65,095f4.9-2.54.1
Farm household income relative to average U.S. household income (%)103.198.8108.6110.2pnana0.5nana
Nonmetro-metro difference in poverty rates (%points)3.62.22.63.1nana-3.2nana
Cropland harvested (million acres)310302314311p307pna0.1-1.3na
USDA Conservation Program expenditures ($ bil.)13.03.53.43.73.5qna1.3-5.4na
f = Forecast. p = Preliminary. q = 2002 Administration request. na = Not available.
1 Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated.
Food and Fiber Sector Indicators
 Annual percent change
 1990199520002001200220031990-
2000
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2002-
03
U.S. gross domestic product ($ billion current)15,8037,4019,82510,08210,44610,843f5.43.63.8
Food and fiber share (%)15.114.212.612.3nana-1.8nana
Farm sector share (%)1.41.00.80.80.8na-5.40.0na
Total agricultural imports ($ billion)222.729.838.939.041.043.0f5.55.14.9
Total agricultural exports ($ billion)240.354.650.752.753.357.0f2.31.16.9
CPI for food (1982-84=100)132.4148.4167.8173.1176.2179.5f2.41.81.9
Personal expenditures on food as a percentage of disposable income (%)11.610.610.110.210.2pna-1.40.0na
Share of total food expenditures for at-home consumption (%)54.953.753.153.352.6pna-0.3-1.3na
Farm-to-retail price spread (1982-84=100)144.5174.5210.3215.4221.2na3.82.7na
Total USDA food and nutrition assistance spending ($ billion)224.937.932.634.238.0na2.711.1na
f = Forecast. p = Preliminary. na = Not available.
1Forecasts for 2003 based on March 2003 forecasts from the Office of Management and Budget.
2Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated.