[Economic Report of the President (2007)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-100.--Farm input use, selected inputs, 1948-2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Farm employment Selected indexes of input use (1996=100) (thousands) \1\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Capital input Labor input Materials input Self-em- Crops har- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ployed vested Year and (mil- Total Dur- Agri- Pur- Total unpaid Hired lions of farm able Hired Self- Feed Ener- cul- chased family workers acres) input Total equip- Total labor em- Total and gy tural serv- work- \3\ ment ployed seed chem- ices ers \2\ icals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1948.......................................................... 9,759 7,433 2,326 356 97 108 66 326 279 349 48 60 77 20 43 1949.......................................................... 9,633 7,392 2,241 360 101 109 78 318 259 347 54 62 86 21 41 1950.......................................................... 9,283 6,965 2,318 345 102 112 90 306 270 324 55 62 88 25 43 1951.......................................................... 8,653 6,464 2,189 344 103 115 100 294 261 311 57 65 88 25 47 1952.......................................................... 8,441 6,301 2,140 349 104 117 109 287 255 304 58 64 93 26 51 1953.......................................................... 7,904 5,817 2,087 348 104 119 114 275 248 289 58 66 94 26 48 1954.......................................................... 7,893 5,782 2,111 346 102 120 120 270 234 288 56 61 97 27 47 1955.......................................................... 7,719 5,675 2,044 340 105 120 122 264 230 281 60 69 101 28 49 1956.......................................................... 7,367 5,451 1,916 324 105 120 124 247 210 267 63 71 101 30 51 1957.......................................................... 6,966 5,046 1,920 324 104 119 122 229 201 244 64 75 99 29 52 1958.......................................................... 6,667 4,705 1,962 324 105 118 121 219 203 227 68 79 105 30 54 1959.......................................................... 6,565 4,621 1,944 324 107 118 121 217 198 227 71 80 106 34 74 1960.......................................................... 6,155 4,260 1,895 324 106 118 123 205 198 208 71 80 109 34 72 1961.......................................................... 5,994 4,135 1,859 302 104 118 121 200 197 201 70 77 112 37 70 1962.......................................................... 5,841 3,997 1,844 295 106 118 119 201 197 202 72 80 113 41 71 1963.......................................................... 5,500 3,700 1,800 298 106 118 119 192 196 190 74 83 116 45 70 1964.......................................................... 5,206 3,585 1,621 298 105 119 121 181 177 182 74 81 123 49 68 1965.......................................................... 4,964 3,465 1,499 298 104 119 123 176 167 181 74 80 121 50 69 1966.......................................................... 4,574 3,224 1,350 294 105 119 126 164 150 170 78 86 120 55 69 1967.......................................................... 4,303 3,036 1,267 306 105 120 131 154 139 161 80 87 119 62 72 1968.......................................................... 4,207 2,974 1,233 300 106 121 137 153 135 162 81 88 123 66 71 1969.......................................................... 4,050 2,843 1,207 290 107 121 139 151 136 158 85 92 126 74 68 1970.......................................................... 3,951 2,727 1,224 293 107 120 140 144 137 147 86 95 126 79 65 1971.......................................................... 3,868 2,665 1,203 305 106 120 142 142 136 145 86 92 122 86 65 1972.......................................................... 3,870 2,664 1,206 294 107 119 142 141 135 144 88 95 118 94 64 1973.......................................................... 3,947 2,702 1,245 321 108 119 145 140 137 141 91 96 111 110 69 1974.......................................................... 3,919 2,588 1,331 328 108 120 153 140 146 136 90 96 97 115 69 1975.......................................................... 3,818 2,481 1,337 336 104 121 159 137 148 131 83 91 102 79 70 1976.......................................................... 3,741 2,369 1,372 337 107 123 164 135 150 128 88 95 111 89 74 1977.......................................................... 3,660 2,347 1,313 345 106 124 170 131 146 124 86 91 112 88 75 1978.......................................................... 3,682 2,410 1,272 338 113 126 175 129 137 125 97 104 119 92 88 1979.......................................................... 3,549 2,320 1,229 348 116 127 182 131 143 126 102 110 107 100 93 1980.......................................................... 3,512 2,302 1,210 352 116 130 189 128 141 121 102 116 98 100 83 1981.......................................................... 3,325 2,238 1,087 366 112 128 190 128 141 121 96 111 91 94 79 1982.......................................................... 3,260 2,135 1,125 362 111 127 187 119 126 114 96 113 88 83 88 1983.......................................................... 3,073 1,982 1,091 306 110 125 178 117 139 106 97 114 88 77 86 1984.......................................................... 2,932 1,919 1,013 348 106 120 170 114 130 105 93 103 92 90 83 1985.......................................................... 2,712 1,742 970 342 103 119 161 103 113 98 92 104 85 83 85 1986.......................................................... 2,678 1,732 946 325 102 115 150 105 109 103 91 104 101 81 78 1987.......................................................... 2,674 1,710 964 302 100 111 139 107 112 105 90 101 96 78 81 1988.......................................................... 2,679 1,719 960 297 100 109 131 109 117 105 91 99 102 78 81 1989.......................................................... 2,623 1,705 918 318 98 107 125 105 108 103 90 95 95 84 87 1990.......................................................... 2,538 1,646 892 322 99 105 121 99 109 93 94 102 92 88 84 1991.......................................................... 2,547 1,681 866 318 100 105 118 100 110 94 96 103 95 93 88 1992.......................................................... 2,510 1,644 866 319 98 103 114 97 103 94 95 102 94 93 85 1993.......................................................... 2,375 1,518 857 308 99 103 110 92 101 88 100 105 97 95 96 1994.......................................................... 2,623 1,783 840 321 103 101 106 107 101 111 102 106 100 94 100 1995.......................................................... 2,609 1,741 868 314 105 101 103 107 103 110 106 111 104 94 104 1996.......................................................... 2,447 1,615 832 326 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1997.......................................................... 2,446 1,569 877 333 103 100 98 99 105 96 106 107 104 103 106 1998.......................................................... 2,299 1,419 880 326 104 99 98 94 106 87 113 116 115 105 112 1999 ......................................................... 2,270 1,341 929 327 105 99 98 93 112 84 115 122 104 104 115 2000 ......................................................... 2,150 1,260 890 325 102 98 98 89 106 79 110 120 94 103 108 2001 ......................................................... 2,100 1,227 873 321 101 98 98 87 104 78 110 116 99 100 111 2002 ......................................................... 2,148 1,262 886 316 100 98 99 88 105 79 108 114 106 99 104 2003 ......................................................... 2,017 1,181 836 324 97 97 100 83 96 76 105 116 85 93 100 2004 ......................................................... 2,012 1,187 825 321 96 97 102 78 85 75 104 117 82 94 101 2005 ......................................................... 1,988 1,208 780 321 ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 2006 p........................................................ ....... ........ 752 312 ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\Persons involved in farmwork. Total farm employment is the sum of self-employed and unpaid family workers and hired workers shown here. \2\Data from Current Population Survey (CPS), Department of Commerce (Census Bureau) and Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics). \3\ Acreage harvested plus acreages in fruits, tree nuts, and vegetables and minor crops. Includes double-cropping. Source: Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.