Compares the income and financial outlook for the U.S farm sector, farm businesses, and farm households in December 2010 with the outlook in December 2011. Chapter 1 of the report outlines the farm income outlook and drivers (e.g. production expenses, payments to stakeholders) that affect U.S. farm operations earnings. Chapter 2 discusses farm households and their economic well-being based off income, assets, debt, and net worth. Chapter 3 discusses projections of farm enterprise income based off of application of sector level forecasts to Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data. Chapter 4 discusses the financial position of the agricultural sector in terms of farm asset values and farm sector debt.

This dataset contains the annual U.S. national and state data for area, production, cost, price, and value of fresh and processed sweet corn. Additional statistics include monthly domestic shipping data as well as U.S. imports and exports from selected countries and global area, production and trade.

Dataset updated June 2010.

This dataset is grouped into four sections: eggs, broilers (young
chickens), other chicken (mature or non-broiler chickens), and turkeys. Within
each section, the data are divided into indicators of production, supply and
disappearance, and prices and costs.

Also included are estimates of production, exports, shipments and consumption, prices paid and received, and costs of production.

This publication was last published in 1997 and examined how agricultural materials were used by industry sectors. Seven categories of agricultural materials are covered, including: starches and carbohydrates, fats and oils, natural fibers, animal products, forest products, natural plant products, natural rubber, and resins.

This publication presents the number of farms, land in farms, and average size of farms in the United States from 1976 to 1994. Change in farms over the calendar year, distribution of farms by region, and sales of farms are also included. Prior to 1976, the same information was presented in Number of Farms and Land in Farms.

This publication was published between 1986 and 1993 and includes data on the outlook and impact of land values, the number of farmland transfers during a given time and the average cash rents paid for farm properties. Data contained in the report are based on estimates provided by a sample of farmers throughout the U.S. and information obtained from real estate brokers, county officials, and bank lenders. Information on fertilizer and pesticide use, energy use, machinery uptake and tillage systems are also included.

This publication covered the general trends in agriculture, developments in rural life, natural resources farm finances, and many related topics of interest to farmers and their families. This monthly publication replaced both Agricultural Situation and the Farm Index and was published from 1980 to 1993.

This microcomputer program is designed to analyze operating costs for six sizes of beef packing and fabricating plants for five levels of operating output. The program tabulates total costs as well as costs by each of 20 operating stages and by accounts and subaccounts.
PACKER90 is programmed for and is run from BASICA (or other compatible BASIC interpreter). PACKER can be used with a single 360K disk drive, but a fixed drive is preferable.

This publication was produced from 1971 to 1985 and included information on commercial fertilizer consumption by class, primary materials, and mixture. Data was provided to the Crop Reporting Board by State Fertilizer Control Officials and more than 1,500 fertilizer manufacturers. Initially a monthly publication, it became an annual publication in latter years.

This publication from 1985 reported on the estimates of farm land values based on data provided by farmers throughout the U.S. Real estate value and farm income are included, with a special map depicting the change in average value of farm real estate per acre by state.