Economic trends in U.S. agriculture and food sytems since World War II

Economic Trends in U.S. Agriculture and Food Systems Since World War II......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
1. Introduction......Page 15
2. Agriculture’s Importance in the National Economy and Political Climate......Page 19
3. Farm Numbers and Sizes......Page 25
4. Farm Family Income and Wealth......Page 33
5. Farm Ownership, Tenancy, and Type......Page 39
6. Resource Use in Agriculture......Page 43
7. Farm Assets and Farm Debt......Page 47
8. Prices: Received, Paid, and Variability......Page 53
9. Agricultural Productivity and Its Implications for Farmers......Page 59
10. Agricultural Exports and Imports......Page 67
11. Total and Government Stocks of Agricultural Commodities......Page 71
12. Government Support for Farmers......Page 73
13. Agricultural Cooperatives......Page 79
14. Domestic Consumption of Food Products and Food Marketing Costs......Page 83
15. Food-Processing, Wholesaling, and Retailing Industries......Page 91
16. Summary......Page 97
Appendix 1. A Brief Chronology of American Agriculture Since 1950......Page 101
Appendix 2. Statistical Tables......Page 111
A1. National Income Originating in Agriculture, Farm Population and Farm Households, Farm Employment, Capital Expenditures in Agriculture, Number of Farms, and Farm Size, 1950-98......Page 112
A2. Percentage Distribution of Farms and of Farm Output, and Income of Farm Families as a Percentage of Money Income of All U.S. Households by Sales Category, 1950-98......Page 115
A3. Income of Farm Families, 1950-98......Page 118
A4. Farm Acreage and Relative Importance of Cash Receipts from Selected Farm Enterprises, 1950-98......Page 121
A5. Percentage Distribution of Total Harvested Acres by Major Crop, 1950-98......Page 125
A6. Farm Assets, Farm Debts, and Land Value in the United States, and Cash Rent Relative to Land Value in Iowa, 1950-98......Page 127
A7. Net Farm Income and Selected Farm Expenses as a Percentage of Gross Cash Farm Income, 1950-98......Page 130
A8. Real Prices of Selected Agricultural Commodities and Real Prices Paid by Farmers, 1950-98......Page 133
A9. Indexes of Prices Received and Paid, and Ratios of Animal Product Prices to Corn Prices, 1950-98......Page 136
A10. Farm Output and Farm Inputs Used, 1950-98......Page 139
A11. Crop and Animal Yields and General Productivity Measures, 1950-98......Page 142
A12. Ratios of Quantities of Farm Inputs and Ratios of Prices of Farm Inputs, 1950-98......Page 145
A13. Agricultural Exports, Agricultural Imports, and Trade Balances, 1950-98......Page 148
A14. U.S. Production as a Percentage of World Production, World Stocks as a Percentage of World Consumption, U.S. Stocks as a Percentage of World Stocks, and U.S. Exports as a Percent of World Trade, 1950-98......Page 151
A15 . Quantity of Exports as a Percentage of Total Commercial Disappearance for Selected Agricultural Commodities, 1950-98......Page 154
A16. Value of U.S. Agricultural Exports to Selected Countries and Regions as a Percentage of Value of Total U.S. Agricultural Exports, 1950-98......Page 157
A17. Total and Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Ending Stocks as a Percentage of Domestic and Export Use, 1950-98......Page 160
A18. Support Prices and Loan Rates for Agricultural Commodities as a Percentage of Market Price in the United States, 1950-98......Page 163
A19. Acres of Cropland Idled in the United States, 1950-98......Page 166
A20. Direct Government Payments to Farmers by Sales Category in the United States, 1950-98......Page 169
A21. Consumer Expenditures on Food and Per Capita Consumption of Selected Commodities, 1950-98......Page 172
A22. Distribution of Total U.S. Population by Age Groups, Disposable Income, Disposable Income Spent on Food, CPI for Food, Real Expenditures on Food, and Number of Families, 1950-98......Page 175
A23. Farmers’ Share of Retail Food Dollar and Components of the Food Marketing Bill, 1950-98......Page 178
A24. Agricultural Cooperatives, Cooperative Membership, and Cooperative Share of Business, 1950-98......Page 181
A25. Economic Activity in the US. Food-Processing Industries, 1954-92......Page 184
A26. Economic Activity in U.S. Farm Machinery and Agricultural Chemical Industries, 1954-92......Page 186
A27. Economic Activity in U.S. Wholesale Groceries and Related Products, Retail Food Stores, and Eating and Drinking Places, 1954-92......Page 187
Index......Page 189