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Agricultural Productivity Grew in
Every State
Eldon
Ball
ERS provides estimates
of annual growth in agricultural productivity
for each of the 48 contiguous States.
ERS calculates productivity as the
difference between growth in agricultural
output and growth in inputs used. Eastern
Corn Belt States show the effects of
continuing productivity gains in growing
feed grains, while innovations in raising
hogs and poultry drove high productivity
growth in several Southern States.
Northwestern States’ relatively
high productivity growth reflects shifts
to high-value specialty crops and dairy
production. Several New England States
illustrate a striking development:
output and inputs declined, but productivity
increased, as higher value commodities
and relatively productive land and
labor remained in agriculture.
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