Farm,
Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators |
empty
cell |
|
item |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
Cash
receipts ($ billion) |
|
|
238.9 |
242.7 |
258.7f |
10.4 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
6.6 |
Crops |
|
114.3 |
114.0 |
121.6 |
133.5f |
4.0 |
-0.3 |
6.6 |
9.8 |
Livestock |
|
123.6 |
125.0 |
121.2 |
125.2f |
17.0 |
1.1 |
-3.1 |
3.3 |
Direct
government payments ($ billion) |
|
13.0 |
24.3 |
16.3 |
12.4f |
-21.2 |
86.9 |
-32.8 |
-23.8 |
Gross
cash income
($ billion) |
|
267.8 |
280.9 |
277.1 |
289.8f |
8.1 |
4.9 |
-1.4 |
4.6 |
Net
cash income
($ billion) |
|
81.5 |
81.2 |
66.7 |
67.2f |
16.4 |
-0.4 |
-17.9 |
0.8 |
Net
value added
($ billion) |
|
128.9 |
120.4 |
109.7 |
118.5f |
26.4 |
-6.6 |
-8.9 |
8.0 |
Farm
equity ($ billion) |
|
1,380.1 |
1,589.6 |
1,693.2 |
1,759.0f |
16.7 |
15.2 |
6.5 |
3.9 |
Farm
debt-asset ratio |
|
12.9 |
11.9 |
11.8 |
11.8f |
-9.2 |
-7.9 |
-1.0 |
0.1 |
Farm
household income ($/farm household)
|
|
81,596 |
81,420 |
79,851 |
81,588f |
18.9 |
-0.2 |
-1.9 |
2.2 |
Farm
household income relative to average
U.S. household income (%) |
|
134.8 |
128.5 |
na |
na |
16.1 |
-4.7 |
na |
na |
Nonmetro-metro
difference in poverty rates (%points)1 |
|
na |
2.3 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
Cropland
harvested (million acres) |
|
312 |
312p |
na |
na |
-1.0 |
0.0 |
na |
na |
USDA
Conservation Program expenditures
($ billion)2 |
|
5.1 |
na |
na |
na |
18.6 |
na |
na |
na |
Food
and Fiber Sector Indicators |
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cell |
|
item |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
U.S.
gross domestic product ($ billion) |
10,961 |
11,713 |
12,456 |
na
|
na |
6.9 |
6.3 |
na |
na |
Share
of GDP in agriculture and related industries
(%)1 |
|
4.7 |
4.5 |
na |
na |
-2.1 |
-4.3 |
na |
na |
Share
of GDP in agriculture (%)1 |
|
1.0 |
0.8 |
na |
na |
19.2 |
-16.3 |
na |
na |
Total
agricultural imports ($ billion)2 |
|
52.7 |
57.7 |
64.0 |
na |
15.3 |
9.5 |
10.9 |
na |
Total
agricultural exports ($ billion)2 |
|
62.4 |
62.5 |
68.7 |
na |
11.4 |
0.2 |
9.9 |
na |
Export
share of the volume of U.S. agricultural
production (%)1 |
21.1 |
20.9 |
20.1p |
na
|
na |
-0.9 |
-3.8 |
na |
na |
CPI
for food
(1982-84=100) |
|
186.2 |
190.7 |
195.3 |
na |
3.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
na |
Share
of U.S. disposable income spent on food
(%) |
|
9.7 |
9.9 |
na |
na |
-1.0 |
2.1 |
na |
na |
Share
of total food expenditures for at-home
consumption (%) |
|
51.5 |
51.5 |
na |
na |
-1.0 |
0.0 |
na |
na |
Farm-to-retail
price spread (1982-84=100) |
|
232.1 |
239.2 |
na |
na |
2.9 |
3.1 |
na |
na |
Total
USDA food and nutrition assistance spending
($ billion)2 |
|
46.2 |
50.9 |
53.0 |
na |
10.5 |
10.2 |
4.1 |
na |
f
= Forecast. p = Preliminary. na = Not
available. All dollar amounts are in
current dollars.
1 The methodology for computing
these measures has changed. These statistics
are not comparable to previously published
statistics. sources and computation
methodology are available at:
www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/About/IndicatorsNotes.htm
2
Based on October-September fiscal years
ending with year indicated. |