Indicators

Farm, Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators
 Annual percent change
 1990200020012002200320041990-20002002-032003-04
Cash receipts ($ billion)169.5192.0199.8192.9212.4f215.0f1.310.01.2
Crops80.392.493.499.5106.7f114.3f1.47.27.1
Livestock89.299.5106.493.5105.6f100.7f1.112.9-4.6
Direct government payments ($ billion)9.322.920.711.017.4f10.3f9.458.2-40.8
Gross cash income ($ billion)186.9228.6235.3219.4244.9f240.9f2.011.6-1.6
Net cash income ($ billion)52.756.559.249.163.0f55.9f0.728.3-11.3
Net value added ($ billion)80.892.094.276.998.9f93.0f1.328.6-6.0
Farm equity ($ billion)702.61,025.61,070.11,110.7f1,160.5f1,198.1f3.94.53.2
Farm debt-asset ratio16.414.814.814.8f14.7f14.6f-1.0-0.7-0.7
Farm household income ($/farm household)38,23761,94764,11765,75767,453f66,732f4.92.6-1.1
Farm household income relative to average U.S. household income (%)103.1108.6110.2113.7nana0.5nana
Nonmetro-metro difference in poverty rates (%points)3.62.63.12.6nana-3.2nana
Cropland harvested (million acres)310314311307314pna0.12.3na
USDA Conservation Program expenditures ($ billion)13.03.43.73.5qnana1.3nana
f= Forecast. p = Preliminary. q = 2002 Administration request. na = Not available. All dollar amounts are in current dollars.
1 Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated.
Food and Fiber Sector Indicators
 Annual percent change
 1990200020012002200320041990-20002002-032003-04
U.S. gross domestic product ($ billion)15,8039,82510,08210,44610,863fna5.44.0na
Food and fiber share (%)15.112.612.3nanana-1.8nana
Farm sector share (%)1.40.80.80.8nana-5.4nana
Total agricultural imports ($ billion)222.738.939.041.045.751.55.511.512.7
Total agricultural exports ($ billion)240.350.752.753.356.261.52.35.49.4
Export share of the volume of U.S. agricultural production (%)27.122.822.922.521.1pna-1.7-6.2na
CPI for food (1982-84=100)132.4167.9173.1176.2180.0186.5f2.42.23.6
Share of U.S. disposable income spent on food (%)11.210.110.210.110.1na-1.00.0na
Share of total food expenditures for at-home consumption (%)55.453.353.953.853.1na-0.4-1.3na
Farm-to-retail price spread (1982-84=100)144.5210.3215.4221.2nana3.8nana
Total USDA food and nutrition assistance spending ($ billion)224.932.634.238.041.8na2.710.0na
f= Forecast. p = Preliminary. na = Not available. All dollar amounts are in current dollars.
1 Forecast for 2003 based on the Office of Management and Budget's Midsession Budget Review, July 2003.
2 Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated.