Balance Sheet of the Farming Sector statistics



Item	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998



Assets	279	302	340	418	449	511	591	652	767	898	983	982	945	943	857	773	725	756	788	814	841	844	868	910	935	967	1,004	1,052	1,064
Real estate	202	218	243	298	336	384	457	509	602	706	783	786	750	753	662	586	542	563	583	601	619	625	641	678	704	740	770	808	823
Livestock and poultry ¹	24	27	34	42	25	29	29	32	50	61	61	54	53	50	50	46	48	58	62	66	71	68	71	73	68	58	60	67	62
Machinery, motor vehicles ²	30	32	35	40	48	57	63	69	68	75	80	86	86	86	85	83	82	79	81	84	86	86	85	86	88	89	89	89	89
Crops ³	9	10	13	21	23	21	21	20	24	30	33	30	26	24	26	23	16	18	24	24	23	22	24	23	23	27	32	32	30
Purchased inputs	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	3	4	5	5
Financial assets	14	15	16	17	18	20	21	21	23	25	27	28	30	31	33	33	34	35	35	37	38	41	43	46	48	49	49	50	55

Claims	279	302	340	418	449	511	591	652	767	898	983	982	945	943	857	773	725	756	788	814	841	844	868	910	935	967	1,004	1,052	1,064
Debt	49	53	59	68	76	85	96	111	127	152	167	182	189	191	194	178	157	144	140	138	138	139	139	142	147	151	156	165	173
Real estate debt	28	29	32	36	41	45	50	58	67	80	90	99	102	103	107	100	90	82	78	76	75	75	75	76	78	79	82	85	90
Farm Credit System	6	7	8	10	12	15	17	20	23	27	33	40	44	44	47	42	36	31	28	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	29
Farm Service Agency 5/	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4
Commercial banks	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	12	14	14	16	16	17	19	20	21	22	23	25	27
Life insurance companies	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	11
Individuals and others	10	11	12	13	14	16	17	20	22	26	28	29	29	29	28	26	23	19	17	16	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19
CCC storage & drying loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nonreal estate debt ⁴	21	24	27	32	35	40	46	52	61	72	77	84	87	88	87	78	67	62	62	62	63	64	64	66	69	71	74	80	83
Farm Credit System	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	15	18	20	21	21	19	18	14	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	14	15	17
Farm Service Agency 5/	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	5	8	10	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	11	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4
Commercial banks	10	12	14	16	17	19	22	24	27	29	30	31	34	37	38	34	30	28	28	29	31	33	33	35	37	38	38	42	43
Individuals and others	5	5	6	7	7	8	10	12	14	16	17	18	19	19	18	15	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	17	19	20

Equity	230	249	281	351	373	426	495	541	640	747	816	800	756	752	663	595	568	612	649	677	703	705	729	768	789	816	848	886	891

Farm debt/equity ratio (percent)	21.2	21.4	20.9	19.3	20.3	20.0	19.4	20.5	19.9	20.3	20.4	22.8	25.0	25.4	29.2	29.8	27.6	23.6	21.5	20.4	19.6	19.8	19.1	18.5	18.6	18.5	18.4	18.7	19.4
Farm debt/asset ratio (percent)	17.5	17.6	17.3	16.2	16.9	16.6	16.3	17.0	16.6	16.9	17.0	18.6	20.0	20.3	22.6	23.0	21.7	19.1	17.7	16.9	16.4	16.5	16.0	15.6	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.7	16.2

NA Not available.
1 Excludes horses, mules, and broilers.
2 Include only farm share value for trucks and autos.
3 All non-CCC crops held on farms plus the value above loan rate for crops held under Commodity Credit Corporation.
4 Excludes debt for nonfarm purposes.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agricultural Income and Finance Situation and Outlook, September 1999, and "United States and State Farm Income Data;" published 1 October 1999; .

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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