United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

672 Agriculture
No. 1183. F o o d P r ic e s — D i s t r i b u t i o n o f R e t a i l P r ic e a c c o r d i n g t o F a r m V a l u e a n d
M a r k e t i n g F u n c t io n : 1979 t o 1981
[In c e n t s p e r r e t a il u n it in d ic a te d . T h e farm v a lu e is th e p a y m e n t to fa rm e rs fo r th e q u a n tity o f farm p ro d u c ts e q u iv a le n t to th e
unit s o ld a t re ta il m in u s im puted v a lu e of byproducts. B e c a u s e o f lo sses fro m p ro c e s s in g , w a s te , a n d s p o ila g e , th e fa rm v a lu e
re p re s e n ts la rg e r q u a n titie s than th e retail unit]
1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0 1981
FOOD ITEM
Unit
F a rm
v a lu e
R e ta il
p rice
F a rm
v a lu e
R e ta il
p ric e
F a rm
V alu e
A s ­
sem ­
b ly
a n d
p ro ­
c u re ­
m e n t
P ro c ­
e s s in g
o r
p a c k ­
ing
In te r­
city
tra n s ­
porta
tio n
W h o le ­
s alin g
R e ta iling
R e ta il
price
B e e f, c h o ic e .................
P o r k ...................................
B ro ile rs ............................
E g g s , g r a d e A .............
M ilk, s o ld in s to re s ...
B u tte r................................
L b .............. 1 4 0 .8 2 2 6 .3 1 4 5 .0 2 3 7 .6 1 3 8 .5
1 5 .0 1 5 .9 1 1 1 .7
L b ............... 1 1 .6 6 6 .6 2 5 .5 1 8 7 .8 3 2 .5 4 .7 2 0 .2 4.1 7 .3 3 0 .5 1 9 9 .3
1 1 1 1
B re a d , w h it e ................
P o ta to e s , ru s s e t........
O ra n g e s , C a lif ............
L e ttu c e , C a lif ...............
O ra n g e ju ic e , fro2e n
T o m a to e s . C a lif.’ .....
L b ............. * 4 .9 4 6 .7 * 5 .3 5 0 .9 * 5 .5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 5 2 .5
10 lb ........ s 3 4 .7 1 8 2 .2 5 5 4 .9 2 0 9 .9 57 2 .1 5 9 .8 4 5 .3 2 6 .3 9 9 .5 3 0 3 .0
( ' )
L b ............. 1 3 .2 4 3 .8 7.4 3 6 .6 8 .3 .5 5 .6 5.1 3 .6 1 6 .3 3 9 .4
L b .............. 65 .9 4 7 .6 64 .4 4 5 .8 64 .3 .4 1 2 .0 8 .5 3.1 1 9 .0 4 7 .3
1 2 o z ........ 4 1 .2 8 9 .4 3 5 .7 8 7 .4 3 9 .9 1 .7 2 4 .6 4 .8 1 0 .8 2 0 .0 1 0 1 .8
L b ............. 5.1 4 1 .9 4 .5 4 2 .2 4 .7 .8 3 0 .5 5 .3 1 .6 7 .0 4 0 .0
N A N o t a v a ila b le . ' In clu d ed in fa rm va lu e . ’ in c lu d e s b re a k in g th e c a rc a s s in to p rin c ip a l p a rts s u c h a s lo in a n d c h u c k .
’ In c lu d e d In w h o le s a lin g . 'In c lu d e s v a lu e fo r w h e a t, lard , s o y b e a n oil, h ig h fru c to s e c o rn syru p , a n d s o y -w h e y b le n d .
’ In c lu d e s s o m e p o ta to e s fo r p ro c e s s in g . 6V a lu e in th e fie ld . H a rv e s tin g a n d p a c k in g , a c o n tra c t o p e ra tio n , a p p e a rs a s
a s s e m b ly c o s t. 1 W h o le to m a to e s .
S o u rc e ; U .S . D e p t, o f A g ricu ltu re, E c o n o m ic R e s e a rc h S e rv ic e , Developments in Farm to R e ta il Price Spreads fo r Food Products
in 1981, A E R N o . 4 8 8 . A u g u s t 1 9 8 2 .
No. 1184. A g r i c u l t u r a l C h e m ic a ls Used on F a r m s : 1974 a n d 1978
[F a rm s w it h s a le s o f $ 2 , 5 0 0 o r m o r e . 1 9 7 8 d a ta b a s e d o n s a m p le ]
1 9 7 4 1 9 7 6
T Y P E O F C H E M IC A L
F a rm s
re p o rtin g
( 1 , 0 0 0 )
A c re s
tre a te d
( 1 , 0 0 0 )
C o s t
(m il
do!.)
F a rm s
rep o rtin g
( 1 , 0 0 0 )
A c re s
tre a te d
( 1 , 0 0 0 )
C o s t
(m il.
d o l.)
T o t a l ........................................................................................................................... ‘ 1 ,3 6 3 (X) * 6 , 7 6 9 1 1 ,5 6 8 (X) 9 ,1 4 4
C o m m e rc ia l fe rtiliz e r.................................................................................................... 1 , 2 7 9 1 8 4 , 6 4 3 5 , 0 2 8 1 , 4 2 7 2 2 4 , 1 6 6 6 , 2 7 5
1 4 5 8 ,2 4 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 1 6 , 0 6 7
C h e m ic a ls to r—
D e fo lia tio n o r g ro w th co n tro l o f c r o p s ....................................................... 3 7 5 , 1 7 4 3 4 7 8 9 , 2 4 0
In s e c t c o n tro l in liv e s to c k and p o u ltry ........................................................ 1 3 2 (X) 1 9 5 1 1 (X)
S p ra y s , d u s ts , e tc . fo r—
In s e c ts o n h a y a n d o th e r cro p s...................................................................... 4 1 B 5 6 , 6 4 2 5 9 6 5 4 4 7 5 , 7 3 7
N e m a to d e s In c ro p s ... 2 7 1 , 7 5 4 2 9 1 0 0 8 , 7 9 5
C ro p d is e a s e s ................. . . 3 7 4 , 1 8 3 6 4 1 1 , 3 3 9
H 2
W e e d s o r g ra s s in c ro p .................................................................................... 4 9 0 , 7 9 3 8 4
s 5 1 1 7
W e e d s o r b ru s h in p a s tu re ............................................................................... 4 4 4 , 0 0 3 1 3
X N o t a p p lic a b le . * If m o re t h a n 1 su b entry w a s a p p lic a b le , th e fa rm w a s ta b u la te d in e a c h . ’ In c lu d e s c a te g o rie s no t
s h o w n s e p a ra te ly .
S o u rc e ; U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s . Census o f Agriculture: 1974 a n d 1978, vo i. I.
No. 1185. C o m m e r c ia l F e r t i l i z e r s C o n s u m e d : i960 t o 1981
[U t m illio n s o f t o n s , e x c e p t p e r c e n t F o r y e a rs en d in g J u n e 3 0 . In c lu d e s P u e rto R ic o . P e rc e n t n u trie n t c o n te n t e x c lu d e s
s e c o n d a ry a n d m ic ro n u trie n ts , s e e H istorical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, s e rie s K 1 9 3 , fo r r e la te d b u t n o t c o m p a r a b le d a ta ]
ITEM 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 7 1 9 7 8 1 9 7 9 1 9 6 0 1 9 8 1
A ll fe rtiliz e rs ........................ 2 4 .9 3 1 .8 3 9 .6 4 7 .1 4 2 .5 4 9 .2 5 1 .6 4 7 .5 5 1 .5 5 2 .8 5 3 .3
P e rc e n t: N itro g e n ..... 1 1 .7 1 5 .3 1 9 .5 2 0 .4 2 1 .2 2 2 .2 2 1 .7 2 1 .8 2 1 .7 2 2 .6 2 3 .0
P h o s p h o ric o x id e 1 0 .9 1 1 .6 1 1 .9 1 1 .3 11.1 1 1 .2 1 1 .5 1 1 .2 1 1 ,4 1 0 .8 1 0 .6
P o ta s h .......... 9 .2 9 .4 1 0 .5 1 1 .3 1 1 .0 11.1 1 1 .9 1 2 .1 1 2 ,7 1 2 .4 1 2 .2
ix e d fe r tiliz e r s ................. 1 5 .7 1 8 .6 2 1 .0 24.1 2 0 .8 2 3 .0 2 4 .0 2 2 .1 2 3 .7 2 3 .3 2 3 .3
M
P e rc e n t; N itro g e n ..... 6 .5 7 .8 9 .3 10,1 1 0 .2 1 0 .5 1 0 .6 1 0 .7 1 0 .8 1 0 .8 1 1 .0
P h o s p h o ric o x id e ............................................... 1 3 .0 1 5 .2 1 7 .7 1 7 .7 1 8 .0 1 9 .3 1 9 .9 1 9 .6 2 0 .1 1 9 .6 1 9 .9
P o ta s h ......... 12.1 1 2 .4 1 2 .7 1 2 .7 1 2 .5 1 2 .5 1 2 .8 1 2 .8 1 2 .8 13.1 1 2 .9
rim ary n u trie n t m a te ria ls ....................................................... 7.9 1 1 .8 1 7 .3 2 0 .9 2 0 .0 2 3 .9 2 5 .0 2 3 .5 2 5 .6 2 7 .2 2 7 .9
P
S e c o n d a ry a n d m ic ro n u trie n ts ............................................. 1.4 1.5 1.3 2.1 1.9 2 .3 2 .5 1 .9 2.1 2 .3 2 .1
S o u rc e : U .S . D e p t, o f A griculture, S ta tis tic a l R eportin g S e rv ic e , Commercial Fertilizers, Consumption in th e U nited States, a n n u a l.
A lso in A g ricultural Statistics, an n u el.