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Table B-97.--Farm output and productivity indexes, 1948-96
[1992=100]
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Farm  output                               Productivity
-------------------------------------------------------------------    indicators\3\
Crops                    -------------------
---------------------------------------------    Farm      Farm
Year                                           Livestock                                                 output    output
Total\1\      and                                                  per unit    per
prod-     Total\2\     Feed       Food     Oil crops   of total  unit of
ucts                 crops      grains                 factor     farm
input     labor
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1948.............................................................         45         49         43         47         47         17          43       13
1949.............................................................         45         52         40         43         41         15          40       14

1950.............................................................         44         54         39         44         38         18          40       14
1951.............................................................         46         57         40         43         37         16          41       15
1952.............................................................         48         58         42         44         48         16          43       16
1953.............................................................         48         59         42         43         44         16          43       17
1954.............................................................         48         61         41         45         39         18          45       18

1955.............................................................         50         62         42         47         37         20          44       18
1956.............................................................         50         64         42         46         38         23          45       19
1957.............................................................         50         63         42         51         36         23          45       20
1958.............................................................         52         64         46         54         53         29          47       23
1959.............................................................         54         67         46         54         43         25          47       23

1960.............................................................         54         66         48         57         51         27          48       24
1961.............................................................         56         69         48         53         47         31          50       26
1962.............................................................         56         69         49         54         43         32          51       26
1963.............................................................         58         72         51         56         45         33          52       28
1964.............................................................         58         74         49         52         50         34          53       29

1965.............................................................         59         71         52         59         52         40          55       31
1966.............................................................         59         72         52         58         52         43          54       33
1967.............................................................         62         75         54         64         59         45          56       36
1968.............................................................         63         75         55         62         62         51          58       38
1969.............................................................         63         75         57         64         57         52          59       39

1970.............................................................         63         78         55         60         54         53          59       40
1971.............................................................         67         79         61         72         63         59          63       43
1972.............................................................         68         80         61         71         60         59          63       44
1973.............................................................         71         81         65         73         66         71          64       45
1974.............................................................         67         79         60         61         70         57          61       46

1975.............................................................         71         75         68         72         84         71          66       49
1976.............................................................         72         79         68         73         83         60          64       50
1977.............................................................         76         80         74         78         78         82          69       55
1978.............................................................         77         80         76         84         73         87          67       59
1979.............................................................         82         82         83         89         85        105          70       64

1980.............................................................         79         85         75         76         94         81          66       64
1981.............................................................         87         87         87         91        111         93          74       70
1982.............................................................         87         86         87         93        108        101          76       72
1983.............................................................         76         88         68         61         92         76          69       64
1984.............................................................         86         87         85         90        101         87          78       74

1985.............................................................         89         89         89        100         95         96          84       82
1986.............................................................         87         90         84         95         83         89          85       86
1987.............................................................         88         92         86         84         84         88          87       87
1988.............................................................         83         93         75         62         76         72          83       80
1989.............................................................         89         94         86         85         83         88          90       86

1990.............................................................         94         95         92         88        107         87          93       92
1991.............................................................         94         98         92         86         82         94          92       89
1992.............................................................        100        100        100        100        100        100         100      100
1993.............................................................         94        100         90         76         96         85          94       98
1994.............................................................        107        108        106        102         97        115         105      111

1995.............................................................        101        110         96         83         90         99         100      110
1996.............................................................        106        109        103         98         93        107         106      106
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\1\Gross production.
\2\Includes items not included in groups shown.
\3\See Table B-98 for farm inputs.

Source: Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.