Indicators

Farm, Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-04¹ 2004-05¹ 2005-06¹ 2006-07¹
Cash receipts ($ billion) 215.5 237.9 238.9 242.7 258.7f 10.4 0.4 1.6 6.6
Crops 109.9 114.3 114.0 121.6 133.5f 4.0 -0.3 6.6 9.8
Livestock 105.6 123.6 125.0 121.2 125.2f 17.0 1.1 -3.1 3.3
Direct government payments ($ billion) 16.5 13.0 24.3 16.3 12.4f -21.2 86.9 -32.8 -23.8
Gross cash income ($ billion) 247.8 267.8 280.9 277.1 289.8f 8.1 4.9 -1.4 4.6
Net cash income ($ billion) 70.0 81.5 81.2 66.7 67.2f 16.4 -0.4 -17.9 0.8
Net value added ($ billion) 102.0 128.9 120.4 109.7 118.5f 26.4 -6.6 -8.9 8.0
Farm equity ($ billion) 1,182.7 1,380.1 1,589.6 1,693.2 1,759.0f 16.7 15.2 6.5 3.9
Farm debt-asset ratio 14.2 12.9 11.9 11.8 11.8f -9.2 -7.9 -1.0 0.1
Farm household income ($/farm household) 68,597 81,596 81,420 79,851 81,588f 18.9 -0.2 -1.9 2.2
Farm household income relative to average U.S. household income (%) 116.1 134.8 128.5 NA NA 16.1 -4.7 NA NA
Nonmetro-metro difference in poverty rates (%points)2 2.1 NA 2.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Cropland harvested (million acres) 315 312 312p NA NA -1.0 0.0 NA NA
USDA Conservation Program expenditures ($ billion) 4.3 5.1 NA NA NA 18.6 NA NA NA
1Annual percent change.
2Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated.
f = Forecast.
p = Preliminary.
NA = Not available.
All dollar amounts are in current dollars.
Food and Fiber Sector Indicators
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-04¹ 2004-05¹ 2005-06¹ 2006-07¹
U.S. gross domestic product ($ billion) 10,961 11,713 12,456 NA NA 6.9 6.3 NA NA
Share of agriculture and related industries in GDP (%) 4.8 4.7 4.5 NA NA -2.1 -4.3 NA NA
Share of agriculture in GDP (%) 0.8 1.0 0.8 NA NA 19.2 -16.3 NA NA
Total agricultural imports ($ billion)2 45.7 52.7 57.7 64.0 NA 15.3 9.5 10.9 NA
Total agricultural exports ($ billion)2 56.0 62.4 62.5 68.7 NA 11.4 0.2 9.9 NA
Export share of the volume of U.S. agricultural production (%) 21.1 20.9 20.1p NA NA -0.9 -3.8 NA NA
CPI for food (1982-84=100) 180.0 186.2 190.7 195.3 NA 3.4 2.4 2.4 NA
Share of U.S. disposable income spent on food (%) 9.8 9.7 9.9 NA NA -1.0 2.1 NA NA
Share of total food expenditures for at-home consumption (%) 52.0 51.5 51.5 NA NA -1.0 0.0 NA NA
Farm-to-retail price spread (1982-84=100) 225.6 232.1 239.2 NA NA 2.9 3.1 NA NA
Total USDA food and nutrition assistance spending ($ billion)2 41.8 46.2 50.9 53.0 NA 10.5 10.2 4.1 NA
1Annual percent change.
2Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated.
f = Forecast.
p = Preliminary.
NA = Not available.
All dollar amounts are in current dollars.