Indicators

Farm, Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators
 Annual percent change
 1990199520002001200220031990-
2000
2001-
02
2002-
03
Cash receipts ($ billion)169.5188.0192.0199.8192.9205.5f1.3-3.56.5
Crops80.3100.892.493.499.5104.6f1.46.55.1
Livestock89.287.299.5106.493.5100.9f1.1-12.17.9
Direct government payments ($ billion)9.37.322.920.711.019.6f9.4-46.978.2
Gross cash income ($ billion)186.9205.9228.6235.3219.4241.4f2.0-6.810.0
Net cash income ($ billion)52.752.556.559.249.160.2f0.7-17.122.6
Net value added ($ billion)80.874.892.094.276.997.3f1.3-18.426.5
Farm equity ($ billion)702.6815.01,022.31,059.01,096.4f1,132.6f3.83.53.3
Farm debt-asset ratio16.415.615.315.415.5f15.4f-0.70.6-0.6
Farm household income ($/farm household)38,23744,39261,94764,117p65,757p67,603f4.92.62.8
Farm household income relative to average U.S. household income (%)103.198.8108.6110.2nana0.5nana
Nonmetro-metro difference in poverty rates (%points)3.62.22.63.1nana-3.2nana
Cropland harvested (million acres)310302314311307pna0.1-1.3na
USDA Conservation Program expenditures ($ 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
2001-
02
2002-
03
U.S. gross domestic product ($ billion current)15,8037,4019,82510,08210,44610,863f5.43.64.0
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)222.729.838.939.041.045.05.55.19.8
Total agricultural exports ($ billion)240.354.650.752.753.355.52.31.14.1
Exports' share of the volume of U.S. agriculture production (%)22.525.822.422.521.9pna-0.0-2.7na
CPI for food (1982-84=100)132.4148.4167.9173.1176.2180.0 f2.41.82.2
Share of U.S. disposable income spent on food (%)11.210.610.210.210.1na-0.9-1.0na
Share of total food expenditures for at-home consumption (%)55.453.953.353.853.9pna-0.40.2na
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.
1Forecast for 2003 based on the Office of Management and Budget's Midsession Budget Review, July 2003.
2Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated.