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Measuring the Agricultural Supply Chain: Output, Value Added, Employment, and Payroll From Firms Upstream of Farms

  • by Brent Hueth, Richard A. Dunn, Sam Bailey, Anton Babkin and Austin Sandler
  • 7/24/2026
  • ERR-363

Overview

Measuring U.S. agricultural production relies on several factors. Identifying the industries that contribute to this production informs several areas, providing a more comprehensive accounting of the total contribution of the agriculture supply chain to the U.S. economy.

Hueth, B., Dunn, R. A., Bailey, S., Babkin, A., & Sandler, A. (2026). Measuring the agricultural supply chain: Output, value added, employment, and payroll from firms upstream of farms (Report No. ERR-363). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://doi.org/10.32747/2026.9529786.ers

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