Indicators

Farm, Rural, and Natural Resources Indicators

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2002-03¹	2003-04¹	2004-05¹
Cash receipts ($ billion)	192.1	200.1	195.0	216.6	241.2	239.0f	11.1	11.4	-0.9
Crops	92.5	93.3	101.0	111.0	117.8	114.1f	9.9	6.1	-3.1
Livestock	99.6	106.7	94.0	105.6	123.5	124.9f	12.3	17.0	1.1
Direct government payments ($ billion)	22.9	20.7	11.2	17.2	13.3	23.0f	53.6	-22.7	72.9
Gross cash income ($ billion)	228.7	235.6	221.0	249.5	271.7	279.5f	12.9	8.9	2.9
Net cash income ($ billion)	56.7	60.1	49.5	71.6	85.5	82.8f	44.6	19.4	-3.2
Net value added ($ billion)	91.9	95.0	78.6	101.2	125.9	119.3f	28.8	24.4	-5.2
Farm equity ($ billion)	1,025.6	1,070.2	1,110.7	1,180.8	1,293.9	1,376.9f	6.3	9.6	6.4
Farm debt-asset ratio	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.4	13.8	13.4f	-2.7	-4.2	-2.9
Farm household income ($/farm household)	61,947	64,117	65,761	68,597	81,480p	83,461f	4.3	18.8	2.4
Farm household income relative to average U.S. household income (%)	108.6	110.2	113.7	116.1	134.6p	NA	2.1	15.9	NA
Nonmetro-metro difference in poverty rates (% points)	2.6	3.1	2.6	2.1	NA	NA	-19.2	NA	NA
Cropland harvested (million acres)	314	311	307	315	312	312p	2.6	-1.0	0.0
USDA Conservation Program expenditures ($ billion)2	3.3	3.7	4.2	4.3	5.1	NA	2.4	18.6	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

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2002-03¹	2003-04¹	2004-05¹
U.S. gross domestic product ($ billion)	9,817	10,128	10,470	10,971	11,734	12,487	4.8	7.0	6.4
Share of GDP in agriculture and related industries (%)2	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	NA	0.0	0.0	NA
Share of GDP in agriculture (%)2	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	NA	11.1	19.2	NA
Total agricultural imports ($ billion)3	38.9	39.0	41.0	45.7	52.7	57.7	11.5	15.3	9.5
Total agricultural exports ($ billion)3	50.7	52.7	53.3	56.2	62.4	62.4	5.4	11.0	0.0
Export share of the volume of U.S. agricultural production (%)	17.6	17.6	16.7	17.9	16.3	NA	7.2	-8.9	NA
CPI for food (1982-84=100)	167.9	173.1	176.2	180.0	186.2	190.7	2.2	3.4	2.4
Share of U.S. disposable income spent on food (%)	9.8	9.8	9.5	9.4	9.5	NA	-1.1	1.1	NA
Share of total food expenditures for at-home consumption (%)	51.7	51.7	50.8	50.3	49.7	NA	-1.0	-1.2	NA
Farm-to-retail price spread (1982-84=100)	210.3	215.4	221.2	225.6	232.1	238.3	2.0	2.9	2.7
Total USDA food and nutrition assistance spending ($ billion)3	32.6	34.2	38.0	41.8	46.2	50.9	10.0	10.5	10.2
1Annual percent change. 2The methodology for computing these measures has changed. These statistics are not comparable to previously published statistics. 3Based on October-September fiscal years ending with year indicated. f= Forecast. p = Preliminary. NA = Not available. All dollar amounts are in current dollars.