U.S. OVERVIEW
An industrial scene, Ensley, Alabama, February 1937
U.S. LAND AREA
(million acres)
Total Land
2264.0
Farms and Ranches
922.1
Pastureland
408.8
Cropland
406.4
% Irrigated
13.9
2009 Number of Farms: 2,200,010
2007 Census of Agriculture
United States: Leading Commodities for Cash Receipts, 2008
Rank
Items
All commodities
Livestock and products
Crops
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Value of
Receipts
$1,000
Percent
Percent
of Total Cumulative
of U.S.
Receipts
Percent 1/
Value 2/
- - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - -
Value
of U.S.
Receipts
$1,000
324,186,533
141,090,378
183,096,155
100.0
43.5
56.5
----
100.0
100.0
100.0
324,186,533
141,090,378
183,096,155
Corn
Cattle and calves
Dairy products
Soybeans
Broilers
Wheat
Greenhouse/nursery
Hogs
Chicken eggs
Hay
Cotton
Turkeys
Potatoes
Grapes
Rice
Apples
Tomatoes
Almonds
Lettuce
Oranges
Strawberries
Sorghum grain
Tobacco
Aquaculture
Horses/mules
51,550,748
48,189,205
34,772,735
29,058,111
23,112,184
17,445,471
16,096,699
16,077,382
8,225,507
7,402,735
5,684,221
4,478,260
3,689,343
3,345,958
3,214,397
2,667,803
2,373,718
2,262,400
1,986,151
1,969,204
1,885,259
1,833,814
1,445,471
1,267,783
1,165,000
15.9
14.9
10.7
9.0
7.1
5.4
5.0
5.0
2.5
2.3
1.8
1.4
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
15.9
30.8
41.5
50.5
57.6
63.0
67.9
72.9
75.4
77.7
79.5
80.8
82.0
83.0
84.0
84.8
85.6
86.3
86.9
87.5
88.1
88.6
89.1
89.5
89.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
51,550,748
48,189,205
34,772,735
29,058,111
23,112,184
17,445,471
16,096,699
16,077,382
8,225,507
7,402,735
5,684,221
4,478,260
3,689,343
3,345,958
3,214,397
2,667,803
2,373,718
2,262,400
1,986,151
1,969,204
1,885,259
1,833,814
1,445,471
1,267,783
1,165,000
Government payments 4/
Net farm income 5/
12,237,568
87,073,789
---
---
100.0
100.0
12,237,568
87,073,789
-- = Not applicable
Numbers may not add due to rounding.
1/ The cumulative percentage is the sum of the percent of total receipts for each commodity and all preceding
commodities.
2/ Percent State receipts are of U.S. receipts for same line item.
3/ Commodities at the bottom of the above ranked list of commodities and having no accompanying data would
have appeared within the ranked list of leading commodities, but were excluded to avoid disclosure of confidential
information about individual producers.
4/ Government payments made directly to farmers in cash or Payment-in-Kind.
5/ Net farm income, a value of production measure, is the farm operator's share of the sector's net value added
to the National economy from production activities within a calendar year.
Economic Research Service/USDA
Information Contacts: Ted Covey
Email:tcovey@ers.usda.gov
Roger StricklanEmail: rogers@ers.usda.gov
Revised: October 21, 2009
Billion $
US: Leading Commodities for Cash
Receipts, 2008
Corn
Cattle and Calves
Dairy Products
Soybeans
Broilers
Wheat
Greenhouse/Nursery
Hogs
Chicken Eggs
Hay
Cotton
Turkeys
Potatoes
0.0
51.55
48.19
34.77
29.06
23.11
17.45
16.10
16.08
8.23
7.40
5.68
4.48
3.69
10.0
Livestock and Products ($141,090,378)
Crops ($183,096,155)
20.0
30.0
40.0
Value of Receipts
2008 estimated by USDA/TASS/NASS/ERS
50.0
60.0
U.S. Farm Sector Cash Receipts from Sales of Agricultural Commodities, 2006 - 2010F
Commodities
Crop receipts:
Food grains
Wheat
Rice
2006
2007
2008
2009P
- - - - - - - - - - - Billion $ - - - - - - - - - - -
02/11/10
2010F
Change
2008 to
2009
Change
2009 to
2010
9.1
7.3
1.8
13.4
11.3
2.1
20.7
17.4
3.2
14.9
11.8
3.1
12.3
9.3
3.0
-5.7
-5.7
-0.1
-2.6
-2.5
-0.1
Feed crops
Corn
Barley, oats, and sorghum
Hay
29.4
22.9
1.3
5.1
42.3
34.0
2.2
6.1
62.0
51.6
3.0
7.4
49.4
40.7
2.6
6.1
48.0
39.8
2.3
5.8
-12.6
-10.8
-0.4
-1.3
-1.4
-0.9
-0.2
-0.3
Oil crops
Soybeans
Peanuts
18.5
17.3
0.6
24.6
23.1
0.8
31.2
29.1
1.1
32.9
30.7
1.1
30.7
28.9
0.9
1.7
1.6
0.1
-2.2
-1.8
-0.2
Cotton (lint and seed)
Fruits and nuts
Vegetables
All other crops
Greenhouse and nursery
5.6
17.3
18.0
24.5
16.9
6.5
18.5
19.3
25.3
17.3
5.7
18.9
20.4
24.2
16.1
3.8
18.2
21.0
26.0
17.7
4.6
17.6
20.2
26.8
18.4
-1.9
-0.6
0.6
1.7
1.6
0.7
-0.7
-0.7
0.8
0.7
122.3
149.9
183.1
166.3
160.3
-16.8
-6.0
Livestock receipts:
Meat animals
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep and lambs
63.7
49.1
14.1
0.5
65.1
49.8
14.8
0.5
64.7
48.2
16.1
0.4
57.3
42.5
14.3
0.4
60.7
45.3
15.0
0.4
-7.4
-5.7
-1.8
0.0
3.5
2.8
0.7
0.0
Poultry and eggs
Broilers
Turkeys
Eggs
26.7
17.9
3.5
4.5
33.1
21.5
3.9
6.7
36.8
23.1
4.5
8.2
32.6
21.7
3.6
6.5
33.3
22.0
3.7
6.7
-4.1
-1.4
-0.9
-1.7
0.7
0.3
0.1
0.2
All dairy
23.4
35.5
34.8
24.1
31.5
-10.7
7.4
4.8
4.9
4.8
4.8
4.8
0.0
0.0
TOTAL LIVESTOCK
118.6
138.6
141.1
118.8
130.3
-22.3
11.5
TOTAL RECEIPTS
240.9
288.5
324.2
285.0
290.5
-39.2
5.5
TOTAL CROPS
Miscellaneous livestock
F = forecast. P = preliminary. na = not applicable. ( ) = negative number. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
The current forecast and historic information can always be found at http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/farmincome/finfidmu.htm
Information contacts: Ted Covey, e-mail: TCovey@ers.usda.gov
Economic Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Billion $
U.S. Farm Sector Cash Receipts from Sales
of Agricultural Commodities, 2006 – 2010
190
180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
Crops ($160.3)
Livestock ($130.3)
2004
2009 preliminary and 2010 forecast
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Balance Sheet of the U.S. Farming Sector
Calendar
Year
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009P
2010F
Debt
Equity
Assets
- - - - - Billion $ - - - - 162.4
838.0
1000.4
177.7
820.2
997.9
184.0
778.5
962.5
186.2
773.1
959.3
188.8
709.0
897.8
172.2
603.8
775.9
151.3
570.7
722.0
138.5
618.0
756.5
133.1
655.4
788.5
131.1
682.7
813.7
131.1
709.5
840.6
131.9
712.3
844.2
131.6
736.2
867.8
134.3
774.9
909.2
138.9
795.8
934.7
143.0
822.8
965.7
148.6
854.3
1,002.9
156.9
894.4
1,051.3
164.6
918.7
1,083.4
167.7
971.1
1,138.8
163.9
1,039.3
1,203.2
170.7
1,085.3
1,255.9
177.2
1,082.5
1,259.7
164.2
1,219.2
1,383.4
181.9
1,403.1
1,588.0
196.4
1,583.0
1,779.4
203.6
1,720.0
1,923.6
214.1
1,841.2
2,055.3
238.9
1,766.6
2,005.5
249.5
1,694.2
1,943.7
232.5
1,643.3
1,875.9
Source: 2009 preliminary and 2010 forecast, ERS/USDA, Farm Business
Economics Business Room., April 2010; “Agricultural Outlook”, USDA.
Balance Sheet of the U.S. Farming Sector
2400
Assets $1,875.9
Billion $
2000
Debt $232.5
1600
1200
800
Equity $1,643.3
400
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09P
10F
0
2009 preliminary and 2010 forecast