[Economic Indicators October, 1997]
[Page Number 7]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
FARM INCOME

In the first quarter of 1997, according to preliminary estimates, gross 
farm income rose $17.4 billion (annual rate) and net farm income rose 
$19.9 billion.
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                                        [Billions of dollars; quarterly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]                                       
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                                                                                         Income of farm operators from farming                          
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                                                                                      Gross farm income                                                 
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                            Period                                                 Cash marketing receipts                                              
                                                                           ---------------------------------------   Value of    Production    Net farm 
                                                                Total \1\                 Livestock                 inventory     expenses      income  
                                                                               Total         and         Crops     changes \2\                          
                                                                                           products                                                     
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1987 ........................................................        168.4        141.8         76.0         65.8         -2.3        131.0         37.4
1988 ........................................................        177.9        151.2         79.6         71.6         -4.1        139.9         38.0
1989 ........................................................        191.9        160.8         83.9         76.9          3.8        146.7         45.3
1990 ........................................................       r198.1        169.5         89.2         80.3          3.3       r153.3         44.8
1991 ........................................................        191.9        167.9         85.8         82.1          -.2        153.3        r38.6
1992 ........................................................       r200.5       r171.4         85.6         85.7          4.2       r152.9        r47.5
1993 ........................................................       r203.6       r177.7         90.2         87.5         -4.5        160.5        r43.1
1994 ........................................................       r215.7       r181.2        r88.2        r93.1          8.2       r167.5        r48.3
1995 r ......................................................        210.9        187.7         87.0        100.7         -3.9        174.2         36.7
1996 r ......................................................        233.5        202.3         92.9        109.4          2.7        181.3         52.2
                                                                                                                                                        
1995:I r.....................................................        208.7        182.5         83.4         99.2         -4.8        171.0         37.7
      II r...................................................        206.8        183.0         81.8        101.2         -4.5        174.0         32.8
      III r..................................................        219.2        201.9         96.3        105.6         -3.5        176.1         43.1
      IV r ..................................................        209.0        183.4         86.6         96.8         -2.8        175.6         33.4
                                                                                                                                                        
1996:I r.....................................................        239.4        203.7         90.1        113.6          3.3        177.6         61.9
      II r...................................................        238.8        206.0         90.6        115.4          3.1        182.1         56.6
      III r..................................................        230.8        206.3         96.7        109.6          2.5        182.4         48.4
      IV r ..................................................        225.0        193.3         94.2         99.1          2.0        183.1         41.9
                                                                                                                                                        
1997:I p.....................................................        242.4        207.4         92.5        114.9          1.3        180.7         61.8
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    \1\ Cash marketing receipts and 
inventory changes plus Government 
payments, other farm cash income, 
and nonmoney income furnished by 
farms.
    \2\ Physical changes in end-of-
year inventory of crop and livestock 
commodities valued at average prices 
during the year.
    Note.--Data include net 
Commodity Credit Corporation loans 
and operator households.
    Quarterly data plotted for 1989 
through 1993 in chart do not reflect 
previous revisions to annual data in 
table.

    Sources: Department of 
           Agriculture.