Farm Input Use Selected Inputs 1948-2001

TABLE B–100.—Farm input use, selected inputs, 1948–2001 Farm population, April1 Year As percent of total Number (thousands) population 2 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 24,383 24,194 23,048 21,890 21,748 19,874 19,019 19,078 18,712 17,656 17,128 16,592 15,635 14,803 14,313 13,367 12,954 12,363 11,595 10,875 10,454 10,307 9,712 9,425 9,610 9,472 9,264 8,864 8,253 8 8 8 16.6 16.2 15.2 14.2 13.9 12.5 11.7 11.5 11.1 10.3 9.8 9.3 8.7 8.1 7.7 7.1 6.7 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.8 8 8 8 Farm employment (thousands)3 Crops Selfharvested employe Hired (millions of d and Total acres)5 workers unpaid workers4 10,363 8,026 2,337 356 9,964 9,926 9,546 9,149 8,864 8,651 8,381 7,852 7,600 7,503 7,342 7,057 6,919 6,700 6,518 6,110 5,610 5,214 4,903 4,749 4,596 4,523 4,436 4,373 4,337 4,389 4,331 4,363 4,143 3,937 3,765 3,699 9 9 9 9 Selected indexes of i Total Farm labor 335 328 315 302 293 277 270 274 259 242 231 230 224 218 216 210 198 193 180 171 165 162 160 157 155 156 144 145 143 138 131 128 124 125 120 118 117 104 111 110 112 112 110 107 112 112 111 111 114 113 111 111 111 109 108 109 109 107 108 108 107 108 110 110 108 111 109 115 118 119 116 113 110 110 7,712 7,597 7,310 7,005 6,775 6,570 6,345 5,900 5,660 5,521 5,390 5,172 5,029 4,873 4,738 4,506 4,128 3,854 3,650 3,535 3,419 3,348 3,275 3,228 3,169 3,075 3,021 2,992 2,852 2,680 2,495 2,401 9 9 9 9 2,252 2,329 2,236 2,144 2,089 2,081 2,036 1,952 1,940 1,982 1,952 1,885 1,890 1,827 1,780 1,604 1,482 1,360 1,253 1,213 1,176 1,175 1,161 1,146 1,168 1,314 1,310 1,371 1,291 1,256 1,270 1,298 9 9 9 9 360 345 344 349 348 346 340 324 324 324 324 324 302 295 298 298 298 294 306 300 290 293 305 294 321 328 336 337 345 338 348 352 366 362 306 348 6,194 6,501 6,241 6,051 5,850 5,628 5,787 5,754 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 3,582 3,466 3,349 3,233 2,324 2,248 2,171 2,095 1,258 1,218 1,178 1,138 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1 p 5,355 5,226 4,986 4,951 4,801 4,591 4,632 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 3,116 2,912 2,897 2,954 2,863 2,891 2,877 2,810 2,800 2,767 2,836 2,842 2,867 2,827 2,977 2,952 2,923 2,018 1,873 1,846 1,967 1,935 2,000 1,968 1,944 1,942 1,925 1,967 2,010 1,990 1,947 2,048 2,062 2,050 1,098 1,039 1,051 1,037 928 892 910 866 857 842 869 832 877 880 929 890 873 342 325 302 297 318 322 318 319 308 321 314 326 333 327 327 322 319 106 102 101 100 100 101 102 100 101 102 101 100 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 109 101 101 105 103 103 106 100 96 97 101 98 99 96 99 ...... ...... Farm population as defined by Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce, i.e., civilian population living on farms in rural areas, regardless of o discontinued in 1992. 2 Total population of United States including Armed Forces overseas, as of July 1. 3 Includes persons doing farmwork on all farms. These data, published by the Department of Agriculture, differ from those on agricultural employment by the D because of differences in the method of approach, in concepts of employment, and in time of month for which the data are collected. 4 Prior to 1982 this category was termed "family workers" and did not include nonfamily unpaid workers. 5 6 7 8 Acreage harvested plus acreages in fruits, tree nuts, and vegetables and minor crops. Fertilizer, lime, and pesticides. Includes purchases of broilerand egg-type chicks and turkey poults and livestock imports for purposes other than immediate slaughter. Based on new definition of a farm. Under old definition of a farm, farm population (in thousands and as percent of total population) for 1977, 1978, 1979, 198 3.6; 8,005 and 3.6; 7,553 and 3.4; 7,241 and 3.2; 7,014 and 3.1; 6,880 and 3.0; 7,029 and 3.0, respectively. 9 Basis for farm employment series was discontinued for 1981 through 1984. Employment is estimated for these years. Note.—Population includes Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960. Sources: Department of Agriculture (Economic Research Service) and Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census). 1948–2001 Selected indexes of input use (1992=100) Feed, Agricultura Farm Durable Other seed, and l real equipmen Energy purchase purchased estate t d inputs chemicals6 livestock7 101 102 104 106 107 108 109 110 110 110 110 110 110 107 106 107 106 106 105 107 106 105 105 107 105 108 110 109 110 110 109 110 112 112 110 102 108 62 74 85 95 103 107 112 114 115 113 111 111 112 110 108 108 110 112 115 119 124 126 127 129 129 131 139 144 148 152 156 161 166 166 163 155 147 71 78 80 83 86 89 88 91 91 89 87 88 89 91 93 94 96 97 99 98 98 100 100 98 97 99 94 110 124 130 136 124 121 116 109 106 110 31 33 39 38 40 39 40 42 46 45 45 52 54 59 53 57 63 66 74 79 63 68 71 73 79 85 90 81 90 88 96 105 119 110 90 86 99 58 60 60 62 62 63 58 66 68 71 75 76 76 72 75 77 75 74 80 80 81 86 89 86 88 88 88 83 88 83 96 103 109 103 106 108 97 46 78 78 83 85 81 78 80 80 83 86 100 99 97 99 98 97 97 98 99 97 93 90 89 90 95 100 99 102 103 122 129 117 111 104 106 108 107 104 100 100 102 101 100 100 98 99 98 99 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 139 130 120 113 108 105 103 100 97 94 92 89 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 98 91 102 102 101 100 101 100 100 103 109 107 109 111 113 ...... ...... 97 105 100 91 95 95 100 100 105 106 90 97 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 99 99 97 96 91 99 99 100 101 102 109 95 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 99 88 95 99 103 103 104 100 110 117 121 117 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... on farms in rural areas, regardless of occupation. See also footnote 8. Series ose on agricultural employment by the Department of Labor (see Table B-35) a are collected. mediate slaughter. al population) for 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 is 7,806 and . us).