Pr 1 (10-04) Agricultural Prices National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 29, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on Agricultural Prices see page 70, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. October Farm Prices Received Index Down 4 Points From Last Month The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in October, at 111, based on 1990-92=100, is 4 points (3.5 percent) below the September Index. Declines occurred in both the Crop Price Index and the Livestock Price Index. The Crop Index declined 6 points (5.4 percent) from September while the Livestock Index decreased 1 point (0.8 percent). Producers received higher commodity prices for lettuce, tomatoes, oranges, grapes, and cucumbers. Lower prices were received for corn, soybeans, hogs, broilers, and potatoes. The seasonal change in the mix of commodities farmers sell, based on the past 3-year average, also affects the overall index. Increased average marketings of soybeans, corn, and cotton offset decreased marketings of dairy, grapes, and sweet corn. The preliminary All Farm Products Index is down 2 points (1.8 percent) from October 2003. The Food Commodities Index declined 2 points (1.7 percent) from last month to 116. The index is unchanged from October 2003. Prices Paid Index Unchanged The October Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW) is 134 percent of the 1990-92 average. The index is unchanged from September but 5 points (3.9 percent) above October 2003. Lower prices in October for feed grains, complete feeds, and feed concentrates are offset by higher prices for diesel fuel, feeder cattle, gasoline, and feeder pigs. Index Summary Table -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 Index :-------------------------------------------------------------- 1990-92=100 : Sep : Oct : Sep : Oct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Prices Received : 111 113 115 111 : Prices Paid : 128 129 134 134 : Ratio 1/ : 87 88 86 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid by farmers. Prices Received by Farmers The October All Farm Products Index is 111 percent of its 1990-92 base, down 3.5 percent from the September index and 1.8 percent below the October 2003 index. ALL CROPS: The October index is 106, down 5.4 percent from September and 4.5 percent from October 2003. From September, index decreases for feed grains and hay, oil-bearing crops, and potatoes and dry beans more than offset index increases for commercial vegetables, fruits and nuts, and tobacco. Food Grains: The October index, at 115, is up 0.9 percent from the previous month and 3.6 percent above October 2003. The October all wheat price, at $3.38 per bushel, is up 2 cents from September but down 6 cents from October 2003. Feed Grains & Hay: The October index is 87, down 13 percent from last month and 9.4 percent below October 2003. The corn price, at $1.89 per bushel, is down 31 cents from September and 23 cents below the October 2003 price. Oil-Bearing Crops: The October index, at 89, is down 6.3 percent from September and 20 percent below October 2003. The soybean price, at $5.07 per bushel, decreased 77 cents from September and is $1.53 below October 2003. Cotton: The October index, at 79, is down 2.5 percent from a month ago and 29 percent below October 2003. The cotton price, at 47.7 cents per pound, is down 1.6 cents from September and 20.1 cents below a year ago. Potatoes & Dry Beans: The October index, at 90, is 6.3 percent below last month but up 2.3 percent from October 2003. The all potato price, at $4.74 per cwt, is down 53 cents from the previous month and 29 cents below last October. The dry edible bean price, at $25.30 per cwt, rose $2.40 from the September average price and is $7.50 above a year ago. Fruits & Nuts: The October index, at 153, is up 11 percent from the previous month and 22 percent above 2003. Price increases in oranges, grapes, and grapefruit more than offset price decreases for strawberries, lemons, and pears. Commercial Vegetables: The October index, at 170, is up 25 percent from last month and 18 percent above October 2003. Price increases during October for lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers more than offset price decreases for broccoli, onions, and cantaloup. LIVESTOCK & PRODUCTS: The October index, at 117, is down 0.8 percent from last month but up 0.9 percent from October 2003. Compared with a year ago, prices are higher for hogs, dairy, broilers, calves, and turkeys but lower for eggs and all cattle. Meat Animals: The October index, at 118, is down 0.8 percent from last month but up 2.6 percent from last year. The October hog price of $51.40 per cwt is down $3.40 from September but up $14.70 from a year ago. The October beef cattle price of $86.40 is up $0.60 from last month but down $5.10 from October 2003. Dairy Products: The October index, at 119, is up 0.8 percent from September and up 3.5 percent from October 2003. The October all milk price of $15.50 per cwt is up $0.10 from last month and up $0.50 from October 2003. The fluid grade milk price is up $0.10 but the manufactured grade milk price is down $0.20 from the previous month. Poultry and Eggs: The October index, at 115, is down 2.5 percent from last month and last year. The October market egg price is 30.3 cents per dozen, 4.8 cents below September. The October broiler price is 39.0 cents per pound, a decrease of 1.0 cents from the September price. The October turkey price, at 48.4 cents per pound, is up 1.9 cents from last month. Table of Contents U.S. Prices Received and Indexes Page Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Price Index Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 U.S. Prices Received Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Selected Commodities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Upland Cotton & Rice Marketings . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Parity Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Reliability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Monthly State Prices Received Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Beans, Dry Edible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Beef Cattle, All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Cows, Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Milk Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Steers and Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Monthly State Prices, continued Page Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Cottonseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Flaxseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Fruit, Citrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Hogs, All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Barrows and Gilts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Sows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Oats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Peanuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sorghum, Grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Soybeans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Sunflower, All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Wheat, All Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Prices Received Special Features Page Marketing Year for Specified Commodities . . . . . . . . 28 Monthly Prices Received, Monthly Farm Marketings, and Marketing Year Average Prices Austrian Winter Peas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Dry Edible Peas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Lentils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Index Revisions: U.S., All Groups, Monthly and Annual Average, 1999-2003 34 Table of Contents (continued) U.S. Prices Paid, Prices Paid Indexes and Ratios Page Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Indexes and Parity Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Feed Price Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Reliability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 U.S. Average Prices Commodity Prices Used in Feed Price Ratios . . . . 49 Feeder Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Special Features Index of Prices Paid: 1910-14=100 and 1990-92=100 Monthly and Annual Average, United States, 1999-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 PPITW, PITW, Production Items . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Index Component Items, Interest, Taxes, Wage Rates, Farm and Non Farm Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Crop Sector, Livestock Sector, and PPITW adjusted for Productivity 60 Index Sub-Components (1990-92=100): Monthly and Annual Averages 61 Information Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Index Numbers of Prices Received, United States, October 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1910-14=100 : 1990-92=100 :------------------------------------------------------ Index : : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 :Average :--------------------------------------------- :1990-92 : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep : Oct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Farm Products : 639 718 *731 705 113 *115 111 : All Crops : 500 548 *553 523 111 *112 106 Food Grains : 325 352 *363 364 111 *114 115 Feed Grains & Hay : 363 342 *359 310 96 *100 87 Cotton : 517 573 *417 403 112 *81 79 Tobacco : 1,263 1,643 1,635 1,657 109 108 109 Oil-Bearing Crops : 554 607 *519 488 111 *95 89 Fruits & Nuts : 716 871 965 1,067 125 138 153 Commercial Vegetables : 698 960 *908 1,134 144 *136 170 Potatoes & Dry Beans : 540 444 *488 457 88 96 90 Other Crops : 493 564 569 569 114 115 115 : Livestock & Products : 768 886 *907 901 116 118 117 Meat Animals : 1,021 1,169 *1,206 1,199 115 119 118 Dairy Products : 799 922 *946 953 115 *118 119 Poultry & Eggs : 282 331 331 323 118 118 115 : Food Commodities : 116 *118 116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Selected Index Numbers for Prices Received and Paid, 1990-92=100, by Months, United States, 2003 and 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Index of Prices Received : Index of Prices Paid :---------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Livestock : : Month : All Farm : All : and : All : Production : Products : Crops : Products : Items : Items :---------------------------------------------------------------- :2003 :2004 :2003 : 2004 : 2003 :2004 : 2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan : 99 112 103 113 96 110 127 130 122 126 Feb : 99 116 103 121 95 112 128 131 123 127 Mar : 99 121 106 120 93 121 128 132 124 129 Apr : 101 125 110 123 93 126 128 133 124 131 May : 105 129 116 124 96 133 127 135 123 132 Jun : 108 128 118 123 99 133 127 135 123 132 Jul : 105 124 109 120 101 128 127 135 123 133 Aug : 109 120 113 118 105 123 127 134 123 132 Sep : 111 115 111 112 110 118 128 134 125 131 Oct : 113 111 111 106 116 117 129 134 126 131 Nov : 116 115 117 129 126 Dec : 114 116 112 129 126 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prices Received, United States, October 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Entire Month :Preliminary : : Average :-------------------------------------- Commodity :Unit: 1990-92 : Oct : Sep : Oct : : : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars : : : : Field Crops : : : : Barley, All : Bu : 2.12 2.74 2.43 2.36 Feed : Bu : 1.90 2.24 1.64 1.57 Malting : Bu : 2.43 3.11 2.90 2.88 Beans, Dry Edible : Cwt: 19.10 17.80 22.90 25.30 Chickpeas, All : Cwt: 14.50 26.90 29.00 Large : Cwt: 19.30 26.90 29.00 Small : Cwt: 10.60 5/ 5/ Corn : Bu : 2.30 2.12 2.20 1.89 Cotton, Upland : Lb : 0.606 0.678 0.493 0.477 Cottonseed 3/ : Ton: 96.00 104.00 89.00 107.00 : : Flaxseed : Bu : 4.27 5.77 7.19 7.45 Hay, All, Baled 1/ : Ton: 76.30 83.70 87.70 89.80 Alfalfa 1/ : Ton: 77.20 89.10 95.50 97.80 Other 1/ : Ton: 60.00 69.20 65.70 68.60 Lentils : Cwt: 16.90 15.40 15.60 Oats : Bu : 1.22 1.44 1.44 1.37 Peanuts, In-Shell : Lb : 0.304 0.185 0.192 0.194 Peas, Dry Edible : Cwt: 7.45 5.80 5.34 Austrian Winter : Cwt: 9.50 9.41 10.50 Potatoes : Cwt: 5.82 5.03 5.27 4.74 : : Rice, Rough : Cwt: 7.07 6.44 8.38 8.24 Sorghum Grain : Cwt: 3.75 3.98 3.59 3.06 Soybeans : Bu : 5.61 6.60 5.84 5.07 Sunflower, All : Cwt: 9.50 11.40 12.90 12.90 Tobacco, Types 11-37 : Lb : 1.740 1.890 1.890 1.905 : : Wheat, All : Bu : 2.96 3.44 3.36 3.38 Winter : Bu : 2.93 3.37 3.26 3.29 Durum : Bu : 2.86 3.89 3.90 3.74 Other Spring : Bu : 3.11 3.53 3.48 3.47 Hard Red Winter : Bu : 3.36 3.21 Soft Red Winter : Bu : 3.27 2.96 Hard Red Spring : Bu : 3.54 3.47 White : Bu : 3.24 3.42 3.52 : : Fruit : : : : Citrus, Equiv on-tree: : Grapefruit : Box: 5.77 10.18 11.23 19.06 Lemons : Box: 10.10 8.36 15.41 13.10 Oranges : Box: 5.79 2.78 13.68 20.91 Tangelos : Box: 5.82 Tangerines : Box: 15.11 5.69 12.88 Temples : Box: 6.23 : : Noncitrus, Fresh : : Apples 2/ : Lb : 0.212 0.279 0.272 0.271 Grapes 2/ : Ton: 506.00 610.00 740.00 870.00 Peaches 2/ : Lb : 0.216 0.288 Pears 2/ : Ton: 370.00 413.00 492.00 484.00 Strawberries : Cwt: 56.00 100.00 99.10 88.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Mid-month price. 2/ Equivalent packinghouse-door returns for CA, MI, and NY (apples only), and WA (apples, peaches, and pears). Prices as sold for other states. 3/ Marketing year August - February. 4/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 5/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Prices Received, United States, October 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Entire Month :Preliminary : : Average :-------------------------------------- Commodity :Unit : 1990-92 : Oct : Sep : Oct : : : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars : : : : Vegetables, Fresh 1/ : : : : Asparagus : Cwt : 79.80 145.00 204.00 Broccoli : Cwt : 22.50 38.90 57.00 52.30 Cantaloupes 2/ : Cwt : 15.20 16.00 13.40 Carrots : Cwt : 13.20 19.10 16.80 16.60 Cauliflower : Cwt : 26.80 25.80 31.00 32.20 Celery : Cwt : 11.60 15.90 11.40 13.90 Corn, Sweet : Cwt : 15.70 23.70 21.60 22.40 Cucumbers 2/ : Cwt : 14.60 34.30 48.30 Lettuce : Cwt : 11.90 26.30 15.20 24.40 Onions : Cwt : 12.80 12.60 11.80 11.20 Snap Beans 2/ : Cwt : 49.40 72.10 87.00 Tomatoes : Cwt : 32.30 30.10 36.70 69.60 : : Livestock : : : : Calves : Cwt : 94.30 112.00 129.00 127.00 Cattle, All Beef : Cwt : 72.90 91.50 85.80 86.40 Cows 3/ : Cwt : 49.60 44.60 53.10 50.40 Steers & Heifers : Cwt : 77.10 97.80 89.30 91.10 Milk Cows 4/ : Head: 1,130.00 1,380.00 1,640.00 : : Hogs, All : Cwt : 47.70 36.70 54.80 51.40 Barrows & Gilts : Cwt : 48.40 37.00 55.40 52.10 Sows : Cwt : 39.50 31.40 42.20 42.10 : : Lambs : Cwt : 56.20 96.80 101.00 Sheep : Cwt : 23.40 35.00 41.80 : : Dairy and Poultry : : : : Milk, All 5/ 6/ : Cwt : 13.06 15.00 15.40 15.50 Fluid Grade 6/ : Cwt : 13.10 15.00 15.40 15.50 Mfg Grade 6/ : Cwt : 11.80 14.60 14.60 14.40 : : Broilers, Live 7/ : Lb : 0.317 0.370 0.400 0.390 Eggs, All 8/ : Doz : 0.643 0.838 0.544 0.503 Market 8/ : Doz : 0.546 0.706 0.351 0.303 Turkeys, live 7/ 8/: Lb : 0.380 0.391 0.465 0.484 : : Adjusted for Seasonal : : Variation : : Eggs, All : Doz : 0.545 0.891 0.573 0.488 Milk, All 5/ : Cwt : 9.71 14.29 14.53 14.62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ F.O.B. shipping point. 2/ Monthly estimates began January 1995. 3/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 4/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices available for Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct. 5/ Before deductions for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 6/ October 2004 Fat test percent: all milk 3.72, fluid milk 3.72, mfg grade 3.89. 7/ Equivalent liveweight returns to producers for most States. Includes growers and contractors. 8/ Mid-month price. 9/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 10/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Wheat: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Wheat : Winter Wheat : Durum Wheat :Oth Spring Wheat State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Bushel : AR : 3.00 3.10 3.00 3.10 CA : 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ CO : 3.19 3.13 3.19 3.13 4/ 4/ ID : 3.59 3.61 3.37 3.45 3.84 3.85 IL : 2.73 2.90 2.73 2.90 IN : 3.09 2.94 3.09 2.94 KS : 3.21 3.16 3.21 3.16 MI : 3.06 2.80 3.06 2.80 MN : 3.26 3.14 2.84 2.82 3.26 3.14 MO : 3.25 3.20 3.25 3.20 MT : 3.57 3.58 3.22 3.33 4.08 3.97 3.64 3.62 NE : 3.17 3.10 3.17 3.10 ND : 3.36 3.32 2.71 2.95 3.84 3.65 3.31 3.25 OH : 3.01 2.85 3.01 2.85 OK : 3.31 3.26 3.31 3.26 OR : 3.68 3.68 3.62 3.65 3.99 3.80 SD : 3.36 3.41 3.15 3.12 3.45 3.54 TX : 3.14 3.09 3.14 3.09 WA : 3.67 3.71 3.59 3.62 3.93 3.99 : US : 3.36 3.38 3.26 3.29 3.90 3.74 3.48 3.47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 4/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Prices Received for Selected Agricultural Commodities, by Months, United States, 2003 and 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Wheat : Corn : Soybeans :Beef Cattle 2/ : All Hogs Month :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- Dollars per Bushel --------- ----- Dollars per Cwt ----- : Jan : 3.89 3.68 2.33 2.39 5.51 7.35 72.90 80.90 32.90 36.80 Feb : 3.70 3.77 2.34 2.61 5.55 8.28 73.90 78.50 34.30 42.60 Mar : 3.55 3.83 2.33 2.75 5.59 9.28 72.60 83.40 34.70 47.20 Apr : 3.37 3.88 2.34 2.89 5.82 9.62 74.50 84.80 34.80 47.40 May : 3.33 3.82 2.38 2.87 6.07 9.56 75.50 88.40 41.30 56.80 Jun : 3.08 3.57 2.34 2.79 6.09 9.08 74.90 89.50 45.00 56.60 Jul : 2.95 3.37 2.17 2.51 5.82 8.46 75.80 88.50 42.70 57.10 Aug : 3.35 3.27 2.15 2.34 5.68 6.83 79.30 88.90 39.60 55.40 Sep : 3.39 3.36 2.20 2.20 6.06 5.84 84.90 85.80 39.70 54.80 Oct : 3.44 3.38 2.12 1.89 6.60 5.07 91.50 86.40 36.70 51.40 Nov : 3.61 2.20 7.05 93.40 34.70 Dec : 3.68 2.31 7.17 90.40 34.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Current month prices are mid-month; prices for previous months are for the entire month. 2/ Cows, steers and heifers. Grains: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :All Barley 1/: Corn : Oats : Soybeans : Sorghum Grain Month :----------------------------------------------------------------------- :Sep 2/:Oct 3/:Sep 2/:Oct 3/:Sep 2/:Oct 3/:Sep 2/:Oct 3/:Sep 2/ :Oct 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :----------------- Dollars per Bushel ----------------- Dollars per Cwt : AL : AR : 6.30 5.20 4/ 4/ CA : 4/ 5/ CO : 3.11 3.14 2.72 2.36 ID : 2.91 2.74 IL : 2.20 2.00 1.55 1.50 5.91 5.40 3.21 3.00 IN : 2.07 1.69 5.51 4.80 IA : 2.13 1.75 1.41 1.50 5.96 5.10 KS : 2.18 2.03 5.53 4.80 3.17 2.94 KY : 2.33 1.95 6.01 5.00 LA : 6.59 5.40 MI : 2.29 1.80 1.59 1.70 5.76 4.90 MN : 1.61 1.57 2.17 1.89 1.33 1.32 6.00 5.09 MS : 6.43 5.08 MO : 2.20 1.95 5.63 5.00 3.83 3.45 MT : 2.93 2.85 1.76 5/ NE : 2.15 1.90 1.27 1.30 5.81 5.20 3.31 3.00 NC : 2.43 2.16 5.56 5.08 ND : 1.96 1.84 2.38 2.10 1.13 1.05 6.10 5.20 OH : 2.13 1.83 1.57 5/ 5.74 5.04 OK : 3.34 3.18 OR : 1.86 1.75 4/ 4/ PA : 2.40 2.04 1.71 1.64 SD : 1.93 1.77 2.05 1.83 1.47 1.39 5.73 4.76 TN : 2.10 1.90 5.60 5.00 TX : 2.67 2.28 5/ 5/ 3.96 3.40 UT : 2.05 2.01 WA : 1.72 1.75 WI : 2.30 2.10 1.44 1.45 5.94 5.20 WY : 3.44 3.34 : US : 2.43 2.36 2.20 1.89 1.44 1.37 5.84 5.07 3.59 3.06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The Three-State (MN, ND and SD) Feed Barley price for October 2004 is $1.31. 2/ Entire month. 3/ Mid-month. 4/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 5/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Malting and Feed Barley: Prices Received Selected States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Malting Barley : Feed Barley State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Bushel : ID : 3.17 3.25 1.88 1.80 MN : 3/ 3/ 1.41 1.36 MT : 3.27 3.20 1.61 1.54 ND : 2.27 2.20 1.42 1.30 SD : 1.93 1.77 4/ 4/ WY : 3/ 3/ 1.68 1.65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 4/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Field Crops: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dry Edible : All : : : : Beans : Sunflower : Flaxseed : Tobacco : Peanuts 4/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- :Sep 1/:Oct 2/:Sep 1/:Oct 2/:Sep 1/:Oct 2/:Sep 1/:Oct 3/:Sep 1/:Oct 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :------- Dollars per ------ Dollars per ------- Dollars per ------- :----------- Cwt ---------- Bushel ---------- Pound ---------- : AL : 5/ 0.187 CA :35.80 37.20 CO :26.20 5/ FL : 1.915 1.920 5/ 5/ GA : 1.895 1.865 0.190 0.184 ID :22.60 25.10 IN : 6/ 6/ KS : 5/ 5/ KY : 6/ 6/ MD : 6/ 6/ MI :22.00 23.00 MN :23.40 5/ 13.80 13.40 MO : NE :22.00 23.20 NC : 1.900 1.910 5/ 5/ ND :22.20 26.50 15.10 14.10 7.19 7.45 OH : 6/ 6/ OK : SC : 1.860 1.835 SD : 12.50 12.30 7.25 6/ TN : 6/ 6/ TX : 5/ 5/ VA : 1.880 1.935 5/ 5/ WV : : US :22.90 25.30 12.90 12.90 7.19 7.45 1.890 1.905 0.192 0.194 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Based on sales through first half of month. 4/ In-Shell. 5/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 6/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Tobacco: Prices Received, by Area and Type, October 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class by Type : Type : Oct 2003 : Sep 2004 : Oct 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars per Pound : : Flue-cured : : Northern Auction Area 2/ : 11-12 : 1.895 1.865 1.885 Northern Contract Area 2/ : 11-12 : 1.900 1.915 1.940 Southern Auction Area 3/ : 13-14 : 1.845 1.815 1.815 Southern Contract Area 3/ : 13-14 : 1.880 1.900 1.895 : : Total Flue-cured Area : 11-14 : 1.890 1.890 1.905 : : US : 11-37 : 1.890 1.890 1.905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 2/ Consists of Eastern NC Belt, Old and Middle Belts of NC and VA. 3/ Consists of GA-FL Belt, SC Belt, and NC Border Belt. Field Crops and Apples: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : October : Cotton, Upland :-------------------------------------------------- State : : Cotton- : Hay, Baled 3/ : Apples :-------------------: seed :-----------------------------: Fresh : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ : 5/ : All : Alfalfa : Other : Use 1/4/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Pound ---------- Dollars per Ton --------- Dol/Lb : AL : 7/ 7/ 92.00 AZ : 6/ 6/ 170.00 95.00 95.00 100.00 AR : 6/ 7/ 104.00 CA : 6/ 6/ 162.00 111.00 114.00 97.00 0.250 CO : 85.00 86.00 80.00 GA : 0.472 0.483 88.00 ID : 117.00 120.00 70.00 IL : 82.00 90.00 69.00 IA : 83.00 84.00 58.00 KS : 72.00 78.00 51.00 KY : 68.00 100.00 58.00 LA : 6/ 6/ 100.00 MI : 98.00 99.00 75.00 0.210 MN : 62.00 75.00 49.00 MS : 6/ 6/ 98.00 MO : 58.00 98.00 45.00 MT : 75.00 78.00 70.00 NE : 51.00 51.00 50.00 NV : 100.00 98.00 120.00 NM : 117.00 120.00 98.00 NY : 125.00 150.00 80.00 0.240 NC : 6/ 6/ 101.00 ND : 59.00 65.00 44.00 OH : 93.00 122.00 63.00 0.315 OK : 72.00 91.00 51.00 OR : 114.00 118.00 100.00 PA : 121.00 140.00 110.00 0.202 SD : 63.00 67.00 51.00 TN : 6/ 6/ 101.00 TX : 0.477 0.469 96.00 70.00 129.00 60.00 UT : 86.00 86.00 80.00 VA : 0.300 WA : 120.00 120.00 120.00 0.282 WI : 80.00 90.00 40.00 WY : 78.00 79.00 73.00 : US : 0.493 0.477 107.00 89.80 97.80 68.60 0.271 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 3/ Mid-month. 4/ Equivalent packinghouse-door returns for CA, NY, and WA. Price at point of first sale for other States. 5/ Marketing year August - February. 6/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 7/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Upland Cotton and Rice: Prices Received and Marketings, United States, October 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Unit : Aug 2004 1/ : Sep 2004 1/ : Oct 2004 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Cotton, Upland : : Average Price : Dollars per Pound : 0.537 0.493 0.477 Marketings 3/ : 1,000 Bales : 1,215 587 NA : : Rice : : Average Price : Dollars per Cwt : 8.85 8.38 8.24 Marketings 4/ : 1,000 Cwt : 9,003 14,197 NA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Based on purchases for the first half of the month. 3/ Marketings based on a survey of cotton buyers in the major producing States - AL, AZ, AR, CA, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN, and TX. 4/ Purchases by private firms and rice (rough equivalent) shipped by cooperatives. Citrus Fruit: Prices and Equivalent Returns, by Utilization, by State and United States, October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Equivalent Returns 1/ Commodity, :F.O.B. :----------------------------------------------------- State :Packed : Packinghouse-door : On-tree and Type : Fresh :----------------------------------------------------- : : All : Fresh :Process : All : Fresh :Process -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Box : Grapefruit : CA : 29.60 20.22 23.10 -0.27 17.92 20.80 -2.57 TX : 43.30 29.36 33.11 1.20 28.17 31.92 0.06 : US : 31.10 21.24 24.22 -0.11 19.06 22.04 -2.29 : Lemons : AZ : 31.70 18.76 21.40 0.18 14.33 16.97 -4.25 CA : 33.10 16.90 23.22 0.22 12.64 18.96 -4.04 : US : 32.70 17.41 22.65 0.21 13.10 18.34 -4.07 : Oranges : CA : Valencia : 31.20 24.14 24.14 2/ 21.65 21.65 2/ TX : Early and Mids: 28.30 16.04 18.01 2.04 14.68 16.64 0.71 : US : 30.90 23.28 23.56 2.04 20.91 21.18 0.71 : Tangerines : CA : 47.80 40.88 40.88 2/ 38.44 38.44 2/ FL : 27.00 15.10 17.00 4.50 11.35 13.40 -0.10 : US : 28.40 16.56 18.58 4.50 12.88 15.06 -0.10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Net lbs. per box: Grapefruit - AZ & CA-67, FL-85, TX-80; Lemons - 76; Oranges - AZ & CA-75, FL-90, TX-85; Tangelos~-~90; Tangerines - AZ, CA-75, FL-95; Temples - 90. 2/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Potatoes: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : :: : : State : Sep : Oct :: State : Sep : Oct : : :: : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Cwt :: : Dollars per Cwt : :: : AL : :: NC : AZ : :: ND - All 1/ : 4.75 4.85 CA - All : 15.10 15.20 :: - Fresh 2/ : 6.25 NA - Winter : :: - Processing : 4.35 NA - Spring : :: OH : 6.70 9.15 - Summer : 15.10 15.20 :: OR : 4.40 4.40 - Fall : :: PA : 6.85 7.20 CO - All 1/ : 5.95 5.90 :: TX : 11.00 - Fresh 2/ : 6.50 NA :: VA : FL : :: WA - All : 4.55 4.30 ID - All 1/ : 4.45 4.00 :: - Processing : 4.15 NA - Fresh 2/ : 4.20 NA :: WI - All 1/ : 5.50 5.45 - Processing : 4.50 NA :: - Fresh 2/ : 5.90 NA ME : 5.15 5.35 :: - Processing : 5.15 NA MI : 5.50 5.65 :: : MN : 6.05 5.85 :: US - All 1/ : 5.27 4.74 NY : 10.10 9.60 :: - Fresh 2/ : 7.04 NA : :: - Processing : 4.54 NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average price of potatoes sold for all uses, including table stocks, processing, seed and livestock feed. 2/ Fresh market prices only, includes table stock prices. Cattle: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cows 1/ :Steers & Heifers : Beef Cattle 4/ : Calves State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 2/ : Oct 3/ : Sep 2/ : Oct 3/ : Sep 2/ : Oct 3/ : Sep 2/ : Oct 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Cwt : AZ : 52.90 51.70 107.00 111.00 106.00 110.00 128.00 125.00 AR : 48.80 46.50 104.00 100.00 87.40 84.00 120.00 118.00 CA : 49.70 48.00 88.00 89.00 69.60 68.90 112.00 113.00 CO : 56.10 52.00 111.00 111.00 110.00 110.00 135.00 130.00 FL : 52.50 50.30 101.00 98.90 71.90 69.70 131.00 127.00 GA : 54.20 52.00 98.20 97.00 69.20 67.30 123.00 119.00 ID : 51.10 49.30 88.70 90.10 80.40 78.70 123.00 122.00 IL : 52.30 50.50 82.00 82.00 81.40 81.40 121.00 118.00 IA : 52.70 48.50 86.70 87.80 86.00 87.00 125.00 128.00 KS : 54.90 50.40 82.60 84.90 82.00 83.90 136.00 133.00 KY : 52.00 49.00 103.00 100.00 90.80 87.80 118.00 113.00 LA : 50.40 47.00 100.00 100.00 68.80 66.60 120.00 117.00 MI : 52.00 48.00 77.00 75.00 69.50 66.90 117.00 118.00 MN : 56.10 55.50 80.70 80.00 75.50 74.90 119.00 125.00 MO : 53.60 50.00 112.00 110.00 99.20 96.80 126.00 123.00 MT : 55.00 52.40 109.00 115.00 93.90 104.00 128.00 127.00 NE : 55.70 53.80 88.50 92.00 87.50 90.90 133.00 132.00 NM : 54.60 52.40 111.00 111.00 89.00 88.70 126.00 124.00 ND : 54.80 55.00 110.00 112.00 96.20 101.00 129.00 132.00 OH : 45.00 43.00 80.80 80.00 77.20 76.30 108.00 106.00 OK : 54.90 50.50 111.00 112.00 105.00 106.00 125.00 125.00 OR : 49.50 49.00 98.00 99.00 83.50 84.00 112.00 116.00 PA : 51.20 49.00 78.60 78.50 71.50 70.80 110.00 111.00 SD : 54.70 52.40 103.00 109.00 97.20 103.00 134.00 130.00 TN : 51.00 48.00 102.00 100.00 81.60 79.20 115.00 112.00 TX : 52.20 48.70 90.30 91.90 87.60 87.10 131.00 128.00 VA : 47.10 45.40 102.00 98.80 89.90 87.60 114.00 113.00 WI : 54.50 49.10 84.10 82.20 66.90 63.00 149.00 149.00 WY : 56.50 53.00 117.00 117.00 112.00 107.00 136.00 135.00 : US : 53.10 50.40 89.30 91.10 85.80 86.40 129.00 127.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 2/ Entire month. 3/ Mid-month. 4/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined. Hogs: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Sows : Barrows and Gilts : All Hogs :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ : Sep 1/ : Oct 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Cwt : AR : 42.20 42.00 54.10 52.50 52.90 51.50 IL : 41.00 42.00 55.50 57.00 54.30 55.80 IN : 45.90 45.60 54.30 53.10 53.50 52.40 IA : 43.50 42.80 57.30 52.10 57.20 51.40 KS : 42.40 41.90 54.40 50.80 52.80 49.70 MI : 43.00 41.00 52.00 52.00 51.30 51.10 MN : 43.60 43.50 54.10 54.50 54.00 54.40 MO : 41.70 41.30 50.90 50.20 50.10 49.60 NE : 42.50 40.80 56.00 51.80 55.70 51.60 NC : 41.80 43.00 56.60 50.60 56.50 50.50 OH : 42.70 42.00 54.20 50.00 53.60 49.60 OK : 40.80 39.50 50.10 44.20 48.70 43.50 PA : 39.90 42.70 53.00 51.00 51.00 49.80 SD : 43.30 43.00 57.00 57.70 55.40 55.90 TX : 38.70 37.70 53.20 51.00 51.00 49.00 WI : 41.30 37.50 51.00 47.00 49.70 45.80 : US : 42.20 42.10 55.40 52.10 54.80 51.40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. Sheep and Poultry: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Sheep 1/ : Lambs 1/ : Eggs 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Dollars per Cwt ------ Dollars per Dozen : AL : 0.310 AR : 0.320 CA : 35.00 87.50 0.360 CO : 44.40 96.60 CT : 0.360 FL : 0.360 GA : 0.310 ID : 43.00 95.00 IN : 0.280 IA : 46.00 90.00 0.260 KS : 39.00 91.00 ME : 0.440 MI : 0.280 MN : 35.00 90.20 0.280 MS : 0.260 MO : 0.270 MT : 41.70 110.00 NE : 39.00 89.00 NY : 0.350 NC : 0.260 ND : 36.00 108.00 OH : 47.90 91.90 0.307 OR : 35.00 95.00 PA : 0.320 SC : 0.280 SD : 41.40 115.00 TX : 46.40 101.00 0.300 UT : 38.00 105.00 WA : 0.360 WY : 42.30 115.00 : US : 41.80 101.00 0.303 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Market (table) eggs. Milk and Milk Cows: Prices Received, by States, September and October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September 1/ : October :------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Fluid Grade : Manufacturing : All Milk : All Milk : : Milk 2/ : Grade Milk : 3/ : 3/ 4/ : Milk :---------------------------------------------------------------:Cows 5/ : : Fat : : Fat : : Fat : : Fat : : Price : Test : Price : Test : Price : Test : Price : Test : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Head : AZ : 15.30 3.63 15.30 3.63 15.60 3.68 1,650 CA : 13.90 3.64 14.20 3.90 13.91 3.65 13.60 3.70 1,650 FL : 18.30 3.71 18.30 3.71 19.20 3.70 1,810 ID : 14.50 3.59 14.90 3.86 14.50 3.59 14.20 3.68 1,800 IL : 16.20 3.63 15.40 3.56 16.20 3.63 16.30 3.70 1,620 IN : 16.00 3.66 14.80 3.60 15.90 3.66 16.20 3.69 1,650 IA : 16.00 3.67 15.40 3.74 16.00 3.67 16.40 3.80 1,610 KY : 16.50 3.61 16.50 3.61 16.70 3.72 1,640 MI : 15.60 3.55 14.20 3.55 15.60 3.55 16.10 3.64 1,700 MN : 16.00 3.74 14.20 3.73 15.90 3.74 15.90 3.86 1,460 MO : 15.90 3.63 15.00 3.75 15.90 3.63 16.20 3.70 1,600 NM : 14.70 3.53 14.70 3.53 15.50 3.57 1,670 NY : 16.00 3.61 16.00 3.61 16.60 3.71 1,580 OH : 16.00 3.61 14.80 3.72 16.00 3.61 16.30 3.72 1,640 PA : 17.00 3.60 14.80 3.55 17.00 3.60 17.60 3.65 1,600 TX : 15.80 3.67 15.80 3.67 16.30 3.77 1,730 VT : 16.00 3.61 16.00 3.61 16.10 3.70 1,650 VA : 16.90 3.56 16.90 3.56 17.40 3.65 1,670 WA : 15.30 3.69 15.30 3.69 15.40 3.77 1,800 WI : 16.10 3.67 14.90 3.74 16.10 3.67 15.80 3.81 1,620 : US : 15.40 3.63 14.60 3.76 15.40 3.64 15.50 3.72 1,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Including milk diverted to manufacturing. 3/ Before deductions for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 4/ Preliminary. 5/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices published January, April, July and October. Parity Price Equivalent for Manufacturing Milk 1/: United States, September and October 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Unit : Oct 2003 : Sep 2004 : Oct 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parity Equivalent : Dollars per Cwt : 30.74 31.46 31.73 Average Price F.O.B 2/ : Dollars per Cwt : 14.60 14.60 14.40 Average Fat Test of Milk 2/ : Percent : 3.88 3.76 3.89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The parity price equivalent during 2004 is 90.4 percent of the parity price of all milk sold to plants, compared with 90.4 percent in 2003. For additional details, see January 2004 issue of "Agricultural Prices". 2/ Preliminary for October 2004. United States Parity Prices for Farm Products and Average Prices Received as Percent of Parity Prices Based on Data for October 2004, with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Parity Prices : Prices as Percent :Adjusted: Based on Data for : of Parity Commodity and Unit : Base :----------------------------------------- : Prices : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep : Oct : : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- Dollars ---------- ---- Percent ---- : Basic Commodities : All Wheat, Bu : 0.564 9.82 9.98 10.10 35 35 33 Rice, Cwt : 1.63 26.90 28.80 29.00 24 31 28 Corn, Bu : 0.379 6.71 6.70 6.75 32 32 28 Cotton, Lb : American Upland : 0.113 1.73 2.00 2.01 39 24 24 Extra Long Staple : 0.144 2.42 2.55 2.57 Peanuts, Lb : 0.0370 0.669 0.655 0.659 28 29 29 Tobacco, By Type, Lb : Flue-Cured 11-14 : 0.259 4.42 4.58 4.62 43 41 41 VA Fire-Cured, 21 : 0.257 4.47 4.55 4.58 KY-TN Fire-Cured, 22-23 : 0.322 5.52 5.70 5.74 Burley, 31 : 0.277 4.74 4.90 4.94 Maryland, 32 : 0.215 3.76 3.80 3.83 Dark Air-Cured, 35-36 : 0.282 4.76 4.99 5.03 Sun-Cured, 37 : 0.246 4.19 4.35 4.38 PA Seedleaf, 41 : 0.206 3.43 3.64 3.67 Cigar Filler & Binder, : 42-44, 54-55 : 0.225 3.81 3.98 4.01 Puerto Rican Filler, 46 : 0.162 2.81 2.87 2.89 Cigar Binder, 51-52 : 0.736 12.40 13.00 13.10 : Designated Nonbasic : All Milk, Sold to : Plants, Per Cwt 2/ : 1.97 34.00 34.80 35.10 42 44 42 Honey, Extracted, Lb 3/ : 0.1050 1.62 1.86 1.87 : Wool and Mohair : Wool, Lb : 0.0880 1.57 1.56 1.57 Mohair, Lb : 0.334 5.61 5.91 5.95 : Other Nonbasic : Barley, Bu : 0.376 6.64 6.65 6.70 41 37 35 Cottonseed, Ton :15.80 269.00 280.00 282.00 39 32 38 Dry Edible Beans, Cwt : 2.92 51.20 51.70 52.00 35 44 49 Flaxseed, Bu : 0.728 12.10 12.90 13.00 48 56 57 Oats, Bu : 0.221 4.19 3.91 3.94 34 37 35 Potatoes, Cwt : 0.854 14.00 15.10 15.20 36 35 31 Rye, Bu : 0.353 5.92 6.24 6.29 Sorghum Grain, Cwt : 0.616 11.40 10.90 11.00 35 33 28 Soybeans Bu : 0.892 14.70 15.80 15.90 45 37 32 Sweetpotatoes, Cwt : 2.25 37.80 39.80 40.10 Apples, Fresh, Lb 4/ : 0.0296 0.495 0.524 0.527 56 52 51 Citrus (equiv on-tree), Box : Grapefruit : 0.387 6.69 6.85 6.90 152 164 276 Lemons : 1.10 19.00 19.50 19.60 44 79 67 Oranges : 0.618 9.83 10.90 11.00 28 126 190 Tangerines : 1.42 25.20 25.10 25.30 23 51 Temples (FL) : 0.451 7.99 7.98 8.04 Beef Cattle, Cwt : 9.55 163.00 169.00 170.00 56 51 51 Calves, Cwt :12.80 219.00 226.00 228.00 51 57 56 Hogs, Cwt : 5.91 104.00 105.00 105.00 35 52 49 Lambs, Cwt :11.30 188.00 200.00 201.00 51 51 Sheep, Cwt : 4.70 80.20 83.10 83.80 44 50 Eggs, Doz 2/ : 0.0949 1.61 1.68 1.69 52 34 29 Turkeys, Live, Lb : 0.0574 0.999 1.020 1.020 39 46 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Parity Prices Based on Data for October 2004, United States 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Nonbasic :Adj Base: Parity :: Other Nonbasic :Adj Base: Parity Commodities : Prices : Prices :: Commodities : Prices : Prices ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Dollars Dollars :: :Dollars Dollars : :: : Field Crops and : :: Noncitrus Fruit : Misc Commodities : :: Peaches, cont. : Hops, Lb : 0.256 4.56 :: Processing 5/ : Spearmint Oil, Lb : 1.53 27.30 :: Excl Dried : Tobacco, Lb : :: Clingstone, : Type 61 : 2.51 44.70 :: CA, Ton : 32.80 584.00 : :: Pears, Ton : Noncitrus Fruit : :: Fresh 4/ : 51.60 920.00 Apples, Ton 6/ : :: Dried, CA 6/ : 166.00 2,960.00 Processing : 17.90 319.00 :: Plums, CA, Ton : Apricots, Ton : :: Fresh, Equiv : Fresh 7/ : 99.70 1,780.00 :: on-Tree : 57.40 1,020.00 Dried, CA :273.00 4,860.00 :: Prunes, Dried, : Avocados, Ton 7/ :238.00 4,240.00 :: CA, Ton 6/ : 129.00 2,300.00 Cherries Bbl : :: Prunes and Plums, : Sweet, Ton :184.00 3,280.00 :: Excl CA, Ton : Tart, Lb : 0.0267 0.476:: Fresh 9/ : 56.90 1,010.00 Cranberry, Bbl 5/ : 5.92 105.00 :: Processing 6/ : Dates, CA, Ton 7/ :170.00 3,030.00 :: Excl Dried : 26.30 469.00 Grapes, Ton : :: : Raisin Variety :121.00 2,160.00 :: Tree Nuts 10/ : Other Dried : 44.20 788.00 :: Almonds, Lb : 0.204 3.64 Kiwifruit, Ton : 80.80 1,440.00 :: Hazelnuts, Ton : 130.00 2,320.00 Nectarines : :: Pistachio, Lb : 0.159 2.83 Fresh, CA, : :: Walnuts, Ton : 176.00 3,140.00 Ton 7/ : 63.00 1,120.00 :: : Olives, CA : :: Vegetables, Cwt 11/ : canning, Ton 5/ : 95.50 1,700.00 :: Fresh : Papayas (HA) : 0.0520 0.927:: Carrots 8/ : 2.21 39.40 Peaches : :: Cauliflower 8/ : 4.55 81.10 Fresh, Lb 4/ : 0.0408 0.727:: Celery 8/ : 1.98 35.30 Dried, CA, : :: Honeydew Melons : 2.79 49.70 Ton : 92.50 1,650.00 :: Lettuce : 2.50 44.60 : :: Onions 8/ : 1.68 29.90 : :: Tomatoes : 4.39 78.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Parity prices are computed under the provisions of Title III, Subtitle a, Section 301 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended by the Agricultural Acts of 1948, 1949, and 1956. See January "Agricultural Prices" for details on adjusted base price and parity price computations. 2/ Seasonally adjusted price as percentage of parity price. 3/ Wholesale extracted. Adjusted base price derived from state annual averages prices weighted by production. For 1982 through 1985 the national averages are the support prices. 4/ Equivalent packinghouse-door returns for CA, NY (apples only), OR (except peaches), and WA. Price at point of first sale for other states. 5/ Equivalent returns for bulk fruit at first delivery point. 6/ Equivalent returns at processing plant door. 7/ Equivalent returns at packinghouse door. 8/ Includes some processing. 9/ Based on "as sold" prices for fresh fruit in all states. 10/ Prices in-shell basis except almonds which are shelled basis. 11/ F.O.B. shipping point prices. Marketing Year for Specified Commodities Cotton: August 1 to July 31 for U.S. and all States. Cottonseed: August 1 to February 28 for U.S. and all States. Austrian Winter Peas: July 1 to June 30 for U.S.; Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. Dry Edible Peas: July 1 to June 30 for U.S.; Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington. Lentils: July 1 to June 30 for U.S.; Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Washington. Crops: Marketing Year Average Prices Received, by States and United States, 2002 and 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cotton : :-----------------------------------------------: Cottonseed State : Pima : Upland : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- Dollars per lb ------------ Dollars per Ton : AL : 0.435 0.596 85.50 98.50 AZ : 0.885 1.170 0.463 0.664 137.00 148.00 AR : 0.446 0.625 93.00 110.00 CA : 0.860 1.230 0.573 0.745 138.00 152.00 FL : 0.440 0.655 81.50 99.00 GA : 0.443 0.612 78.00 95.50 KS : 0.420 0.606 92.50 118.00 LA : 0.440 0.609 87.50 100.00 MS : 0.440 0.604 79.00 100.00 MO : 0.443 0.600 95.00 125.00 NM : 0.841 1.100 0.532 0.563 106.00 145.00 NC : 0.422 0.647 94.50 108.00 OK : 0.420 0.606 84.50 125.00 SC : 0.410 0.623 79.00 101.00 TN : 0.453 0.570 95.50 130.00 TX : 0.857 1.060 0.400 0.577 103.00 125.00 VA : 0.415 0.640 95.00 105.00 : US : 0.860 1.210 0.445 0.618 101.00 117.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cottonseed: Monthly and Marketing Year Average Prices Received by State and U.S., August 2003 - February 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 2/ : Feb : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars Per Ton : AL : 4/ 4/ 100.00 99.00 97.00 89.00 4/ AZ : 4/ 151.00 148.00 146.00 148.00 148.00 3/ AR : 4/ 4/ 102.00 111.00 3/ 4/ 4/ CA : 4/ 4/ 184.00 158.00 153.00 3/ 150.00 FL : GA : 4/ 4/ 94.00 95.00 96.00 101.00 104.00 KS : LA : 4/ 92.00 100.00 101.00 4/ 4/ 4/ MS : 4/ 93.00 92.00 109.00 112.00 4/ 4/ MO : NM : NC : 4/ 4/ 103.00 108.00 108.00 109.00 4/ OK : SC : TN : 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ TX : 95.00 100.00 110.00 142.00 137.00 136.00 138.00 VA : : US : 95.00 100.00 104.00 120.00 127.00 126.00 140.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Monthly prices available only for major cotton producing States. 2/ Second year. 3/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 4/ Insufficient movement to establish a price. Prices Received: Upland Cotton, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Pound : AL : 0.436 2/ 2/ 0.593 2/ 0.610 AZ : 2/ 2/ 0.698 0.694 2/ 0.644 AR : 0.447 2/ 0.664 0.647 0.666 0.625 CA : 2/ 0.686 0.782 0.761 0.750 0.696 GA : 0.436 0.574 0.606 0.619 0.625 0.627 LA : 0.461 2/ 0.619 0.631 0.619 0.622 MS : 0.444 0.588 0.663 0.612 0.608 0.609 NC : 0.436 2/ 2/ 0.660 0.669 0.668 TN : 0.480 2/ 0.623 0.622 0.529 0.624 TX : 0.469 0.548 0.602 0.611 0.624 0.597 : US : 0.463 0.557 0.678 0.630 0.633 0.622 : : 2002-2003 : AL : 0.290 3/ 0.434 0.423 0.451 0.426 AZ : 2/ 2/ 2/ 0.432 0.478 0.481 AR : 0.290 3/ 0.485 0.444 0.433 0.470 CA : 2/ 2/ 0.518 0.556 2/ 2/ GA : 0.292 0.389 0.445 0.463 0.457 0.434 LA : 0.332 3/ 0.406 0.417 0.441 0.460 MS : 0.293 3/ 0.431 0.429 0.454 0.461 NC : 0.456 0.413 0.384 0.414 0.434 0.446 TN : 0.353 2/ 0.456 0.431 0.455 0.458 TX : 0.346 0.345 0.365 0.385 0.412 0.411 : US : 0.345 0.358 0.394 0.430 0.443 0.455 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Prices Received: Upland Cotton, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Pound : AL : 0.609 2/ 0.602 0.603 0.592 2/ AZ : 0.624 0.648 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ AR : 0.614 0.620 0.603 0.603 0.593 0.529 CA : 0.726 0.703 0.682 2/ 2/ 2/ GA : 0.619 0.610 0.594 0.601 0.589 0.579 LA : 0.613 0.613 0.602 0.603 0.587 0.567 MS : 0.615 0.609 0.602 0.603 0.592 0.571 NC : 0.634 0.605 0.561 2/ 0.577 0.560 TN : 0.612 0.612 0.602 0.588 0.588 0.481 TX : 0.568 0.503 0.598 0.570 0.570 0.432 : US : 0.619 0.616 0.603 0.597 0.599 0.538 : : 2002-2003 : AL : 0.432 0.446 0.441 0.442 0.445 0.440 AZ : 0.488 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ AR : 0.439 0.446 0.446 0.456 0.443 0.440 CA : 0.584 0.591 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ GA : 0.439 0.446 0.441 0.442 0.451 0.461 LA : 0.449 0.466 0.450 0.450 0.446 0.469 MS : 0.449 0.447 0.441 0.442 0.448 0.440 NC : 0.440 0.436 0.433 0.429 0.436 0.445 TN : 0.461 0.497 0.453 0.437 0.468 0.440 TX : 0.443 0.454 0.395 0.346 0.377 0.423 : US : 0.465 0.486 0.454 0.459 0.455 0.463 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. 2/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ Insufficient movement to establish a price. Upland Cotton: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing : Aug :Sep : Oct :Nov : Dec :Jan : Feb :Mar : Apr :May : Jun :Jul Year : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL 2003-2004 : 1.1 0.9 3.9 15.3 30.8 8.8 13.4 6.9 8.3 5.0 2.9 2.6 2002-2003 : 1.2 0.1 1.1 7.1 7.4 16.3 23.3 11.5 10.6 9.4 7.2 4.8 : AZ 2003-2004 : 0.7 5.4 30.6 14.9 9.5 9.4 5.7 10.5 5.9 2.7 3.4 1.3 2002-2003 : 1.7 2.5 8.8 19.3 12.2 26.2 9.8 3.3 4.0 5.6 4.6 2.0 : AR 2003-2004 : 3.0 0.1 8.9 18.2 20.4 10.4 13.3 9.3 4.4 2.6 3.1 6.3 2002-2003 : 2.9 0.0 2.5 11.8 9.5 21.4 17.2 8.0 8.2 10.0 5.3 3.2 : CA 2003-2004 : 0.4 1.6 42.6 2.5 10.3 8.3 13.8 11.1 2.5 1.5 2.9 2.5 2002-2003 : 1.8 1.9 0.6 9.6 15.1 22.5 15.1 13.9 6.5 7.6 3.4 2.0 : GA 2003-2004 : 1.8 0.4 13.7 23.2 13.7 16.4 12.2 6.7 3.7 2.8 2.4 2.9 2002-2003 : 2.2 1.0 6.7 11.0 21.5 21.3 14.7 5.8 4.9 4.4 3.8 2.7 : LA 2003-2004 : 3.5 2.8 14.4 19.2 13.9 14.5 12.0 6.9 3.8 2.4 2.9 3.8 2002-2003 : 6.2 0.1 1.8 14.7 11.2 15.7 20.1 10.3 6.6 5.6 3.8 3.9 : MS 2003-2004 : 4.2 3.1 8.5 14.4 10.4 11.3 18.6 10.2 5.8 3.5 4.1 5.9 2002-2003 : 4.9 0.0 1.7 5.4 6.8 13.5 26.2 11.0 10.1 8.8 7.1 4.5 : NC 2003-2004 : 0.1 6.8 17.1 25.6 24.7 15.6 5.4 1.8 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.3 2002-2003 : 3.1 2.0 21.9 14.3 27.6 10.1 9.0 3.9 3.3 2.3 1.4 1.1 : TN 2003-2004 : 7.8 1.8 2.7 26.2 15.9 7.0 9.2 7.2 3.0 2.2 1.9 15.1 2002-2003 : 6.0 3.7 0.5 7.5 7.0 8.2 22.6 20.6 8.2 6.0 7.2 2.5 : TX 2003-2004 : 5.9 16.8 9.7 11.0 16.7 15.4 9.0 3.1 2.7 3.7 4.3 1.7 2002-2003 : 4.3 5.4 9.1 12.2 28.9 24.0 5.7 4.0 2.1 1.1 1.8 1.4 : US 2003-2004 : 3.4 6.3 14.4 15.3 16.2 12.6 11.5 6.8 3.8 2.9 3.3 3.6 2002-2003 : 3.4 2.5 5.7 11.1 18.5 20.5 13.7 7.8 5.4 5.0 3.9 2.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as a percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. 2/ Totals may not add to 100 percent due to rounding. Upland Cotton Monthly Marketings, Marketing Years, 2002-2003 through 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Upland Cotton 1/ Month :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2002-2003 : 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Bales : Aug : 378 420 Sep : 281 775 Oct : 627 1,783 Nov : 1,226 1,897 Dec : 2,039 2,002 Jan 2/ : 2,261 1,564 Feb : 1,510 1,421 Mar : 861 837 Apr : 599 474 May : 557 365 Jun : 426 403 Jul : 274 445 : Year : 11,039 12,386 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Marketings based on a survey of cotton buyers in the major producing States - AL, AZ, AR, CA, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN, and TX. Total may not add due to rounding. 2/ Second year. Dry Edible Peas: Marketing Year Average Price, by State and United States, 2001-2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Marketing Year Average Price State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars : ID : 6.40 9.00 8.90 MT : 4.90 7.20 8.10 ND : 4.70 6.70 6.54 OR : 6.50 8.90 9.00 WA : 6.40 8.85 8.80 : US : 5.52 7.78 7.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes both wrinkled seed peas and Austrian winter peas. Austrian Winter Peas: Marketing Year Average Price, by State and United States, 2001-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Marketing Year Average Price State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars : ID : 11.00 10.40 10.60 MT : 11.00 10.00 10.40 OR : 11.00 10.40 10.70 : US : 11.00 10.40 10.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lentils: Marketing Year Average Price, by State and United States, 2001-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Marketing Year Average Price State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars : ID : 9.40 15.20 17.80 MT : 11.00 13.80 15.40 ND : 9.60 11.10 15.00 WA : 9.40 15.20 18.20 : US : 9.56 14.30 17.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Farm Products : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 573 584 601 637 635 624 613 612 618 592 622 622 611 2001 : 613 635 656 672 685 683 684 698 674 600 597 607 650 2002 : 601 625 667 597 608 614 626 633 623 606 616 620 620 2003 : 631 626 629 639 668 683 667 693 705 718 736 723 677 2004 : 708 736 771 794 822 815 789 764 731 705 764 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 90 92 95 100 100 98 97 96 97 93 98 98 96 2001 : 97 100 103 106 108 107 108 110 106 94 94 95 102 2002 : 95 98 105 94 96 97 99 100 98 95 97 98 98 2003 : 99 99 99 101 105 108 105 109 111 113 116 114 107 2004 : 112 116 121 125 129 128 124 120 115 111 120 : : All Crops : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 436 450 469 504 508 485 466 476 479 448 477 472 473 2001 : 464 483 489 506 518 503 512 537 505 436 444 479 490 2002 : 462 501 580 493 511 515 538 555 537 500 511 507 518 2003 : 506 509 523 542 571 580 539 559 549 548 568 569 547 2004 : 559 596 597 608 613 605 592 581 553 523 583 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 88 91 95 102 103 98 94 96 97 91 97 96 96 2001 : 94 98 99 103 105 102 104 109 102 88 90 97 99 2002 : 94 102 118 100 104 104 109 113 109 101 104 103 105 2003 : 103 103 106 110 116 118 109 113 111 111 115 116 111 2004 : 113 121 120 123 124 123 120 118 112 106 118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Food Grains : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 269 270 271 271 273 267 249 258 259 280 293 300 272 2001 : 296 291 293 292 303 289 279 286 292 286 281 290 290 2002 : 284 270 271 267 274 302 333 365 411 410 394 396 331 2003 : 372 336 326 316 326 323 311 345 350 352 370 385 343 2004 : 389 388 396 402 401 384 364 356 363 364 381 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 85 85 85 85 86 84 78 81 82 88 92 94 85 2001 : 93 91 92 92 95 91 88 90 92 90 89 91 91 2002 : 89 85 85 84 86 95 105 115 129 129 124 125 104 2003 : 117 106 102 99 102 102 98 109 110 111 116 121 108 2004 : 123 122 125 126 126 121 115 112 114 115 120 : : Feed Grains and Hay : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 302 315 323 325 342 322 294 280 277 285 303 324 308 2001 : 319 324 325 323 322 324 339 342 331 307 308 330 325 2002 : 322 325 327 328 339 346 364 394 398 377 370 378 356 2003 : 375 380 380 382 391 392 365 363 360 342 353 368 371 2004 : 376 404 421 444 453 438 402 386 359 310 399 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 84 88 90 91 96 90 82 78 78 80 85 90 86 2001 : 89 91 91 90 90 91 95 96 93 86 86 92 91 2002 : 90 91 91 92 95 97 102 110 111 105 104 106 100 2003 : 105 106 106 107 109 110 102 102 101 96 99 103 104 2004 : 105 113 118 124 127 122 113 108 100 87 112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cotton : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 364 396 403 384 402 381 412 434 428 469 490 489 421 2001 : 440 410 347 360 346 331 329 315 309 259 235 260 328 2002 : 231 237 240 230 226 285 298 292 303 333 363 374 284 2003 : 385 393 411 384 388 385 391 391 471 573 533 535 437 2004 : 526 523 521 510 505 506 455 454 417 403 482 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 71 77 79 75 79 74 81 85 83 92 96 95 82 2001 : 86 80 68 70 67 65 64 62 60 51 46 51 64 2002 : 45 46 47 45 44 56 58 57 59 65 71 73 56 2003 : 75 77 80 75 76 75 76 76 92 112 104 104 85 2004 : 103 102 102 100 99 99 89 89 81 79 94 : : Tobacco : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1683 1713 1652 1365 1474 1604 1613 1696 1722 1614 2001 :1735 1752 1496 1235 1622 1574 1639 1657 1722 1709 1614 2002 :1761 1704 1478 1609 1561 1574 1609 1739 1735 1641 2003 :1817 1800 1570 1065 1557 1570 1635 1643 1726 1735 1612 2004 :1822 1891 1830 574 1478 1530 1635 1657 1552 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 111 113 109 90 97 106 107 112 114 107 2001 : 115 116 99 82 107 104 108 109 114 113 107 2002 : 116 113 98 106 103 104 106 115 115 108 2003 : 120 119 104 70 103 104 108 109 114 115 107 2004 : 120 125 121 38 98 101 108 109 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. 2/ Missing data indicates insufficient sales volume to establish a price. Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Oil-Bearing Crops : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 451 471 479 487 507 480 442 432 464 444 464 481 467 2001 : 458 438 428 412 423 437 468 473 445 407 422 427 437 2002 : 415 419 432 440 455 483 528 538 483 494 530 537 480 2003 : 540 548 550 571 594 597 570 552 529 607 664 692 585 2004 : 714 805 902 935 930 882 824 661 519 488 766 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 82 86 88 89 93 88 81 79 85 81 85 88 85 2001 : 84 80 78 75 77 80 86 86 81 74 77 78 80 2002 : 76 77 79 80 83 88 96 98 88 90 97 98 88 2003 : 99 100 101 104 109 109 104 101 97 111 122 126 107 2004 : 131 147 165 171 170 161 151 121 95 89 140 : : Fruit and Nuts : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 598 614 611 677 609 732 753 761 790 776 698 564 682 2001 : 600 588 677 731 671 850 885 900 896 883 793 667 762 2002 : 586 581 668 633 731 795 831 850 866 860 768 644 734 2003 : 549 551 603 663 745 813 845 865 874 871 809 648 736 2004 : 607 688 701 650 810 867 875 884 965 1067 811 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 86 88 88 97 87 105 108 109 113 111 100 81 98 2001 : 86 84 97 105 96 122 127 129 128 126 114 96 109 2002 : 84 83 96 91 105 114 119 122 124 123 110 92 105 2003 : 79 79 86 95 107 116 121 124 125 125 116 93 106 2004 : 87 99 100 93 116 124 125 127 138 153 116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Commercial Vegetables : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 655 572 718 906 873 785 795 862 957 834 963 769 807 2001 : 810 979 923 916 964 806 838 968 893 689 732 1143 888 2002 :1054 1279 1806 806 772 734 774 809 797 705 737 696 914 2003 : 754 760 824 882 936 1048 812 937 979 960 1060 1136 924 2004 : 924 1043 795 910 800 760 838 922 908 1134 903 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 98 86 107 136 131 117 119 129 143 125 144 115 121 2001 : 121 147 138 137 144 121 125 145 134 103 110 171 133 2002 : 158 191 270 121 115 110 116 121 119 106 110 104 137 2003 : 113 114 123 132 140 157 121 140 146 144 159 170 138 2004 : 138 156 119 136 120 114 125 138 136 170 135 : : Potatoes and Dry Beans : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 475 496 519 545 529 511 559 464 406 384 383 395 472 2001 : 409 450 437 466 453 486 532 632 516 461 538 578 497 2002 : 620 645 715 699 748 806 884 651 520 466 524 547 652 2003 : 533 554 567 592 590 559 570 483 459 444 482 493 527 2004 : 490 508 533 585 563 560 514 521 488 457 522 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 94 98 103 108 105 101 110 92 80 76 76 78 93 2001 : 81 89 86 92 90 96 105 125 102 91 106 114 98 2002 : 123 127 141 138 148 159 175 129 103 92 104 108 129 2003 : 105 110 112 117 117 110 113 96 91 88 95 97 104 2004 : 97 100 105 116 111 111 101 103 96 90 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Other Crops : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 541 541 541 541 541 541 541 541 541 541 541 541 541 2001 : 554 554 554 554 554 554 554 554 554 554 554 554 554 2002 : 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 2003 : 564 564 564 564 564 564 564 564 564 564 564 564 564 2004 : 569 569 569 569 569 569 569 569 569 569 569 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 2001 : 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 2002 : 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 2003 : 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 2004 : 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 : : Food Commodities : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 90 91 94 101 100 98 98 98 99 94 100 98 97 2001 : 97 101 105 108 110 110 110 113 109 96 97 98 105 2002 : 96 100 108 93 94 95 97 97 95 93 96 95 97 2003 : 97 96 96 99 104 107 105 110 113 116 120 116 107 2004 : 113 117 123 127 131 131 127 123 118 116 123 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Livestock and Products : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 710 710 723 756 745 754 757 738 750 744 763 775 744 2001 : 764 780 821 833 846 864 857 852 848 798 760 716 812 2002 : 735 734 723 684 681 689 678 668 655 664 684 698 691 2003 : 735 726 715 717 740 758 775 809 847 886 895 859 789 2004 : 842 859 932 968 1023 1020 982 940 907 901 937 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 93 93 94 98 97 98 99 96 98 97 99 101 97 2001 : 100 102 107 109 110 113 112 111 111 104 99 93 106 2002 : 96 96 94 89 89 90 88 87 85 87 89 91 90 2003 : 96 95 93 93 96 99 101 105 110 116 117 112 103 2004 : 110 112 121 126 133 133 128 123 118 117 122 : : Meat Animals : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 913 933 962 1009 991 983 975 938 916 933 939 968 955 2001 : 987 999 1047 1052 1046 1055 1033 1016 976 925 873 862 989 2002 : 916 947 937 884 867 868 882 859 821 857 869 896 884 2003 : 946 963 946 972 1014 1027 1025 1054 1100 1169 1179 1123 1043 2004 :1057 1060 1131 1150 1232 1244 1240 1240 1206 1199 1176 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 90 92 95 99 98 97 96 92 90 92 92 95 94 2001 : 97 98 103 103 103 104 102 100 96 91 86 85 97 2002 : 90 93 92 87 85 85 87 84 81 84 86 88 87 2003 : 93 95 93 96 100 101 101 104 108 115 116 110 103 2004 : 104 104 111 113 121 122 122 122 119 118 116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers, by Months and Annual Average, United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dairy Products : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 737 725 725 731 737 756 774 768 793 768 774 799 757 2001 : 799 805 854 897 953 996 996 1014 1051 959 885 830 920 2002 : 836 805 774 768 744 707 682 694 713 744 731 731 744 2003 : 725 694 676 676 676 676 744 817 891 922 885 848 769 2004 : 811 836 946 1118 1192 1118 983 922 946 953 983 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 92 90 90 91 92 94 96 96 99 96 96 100 94 2001 : 100 100 106 112 119 124 124 126 131 119 110 103 115 2002 : 104 100 96 96 93 88 85 87 89 93 91 91 93 2003 : 90 87 84 84 84 84 93 102 111 115 110 106 96 2004 : 101 104 118 139 149 139 123 115 118 119 123 : : Poultry and Eggs : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 282 273 275 297 287 297 299 296 320 311 334 319 299 2001 : 296 312 326 325 324 330 335 337 341 338 329 278 323 2002 : 284 271 271 244 257 280 265 262 258 243 269 270 265 2003 : 303 291 291 279 288 307 307 316 322 331 350 340 310 2004 : 373 390 416 392 398 412 407 367 331 323 381 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 100 97 98 106 102 105 106 105 114 111 119 113 106 2001 : 105 111 116 116 115 117 119 120 121 120 117 99 115 2002 : 101 96 96 87 92 100 94 93 92 86 96 96 94 2003 : 108 104 103 99 103 109 109 112 115 118 124 121 110 2004 : 133 139 148 140 141 147 145 131 118 115 136 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average required for parity regulations. Weighted 1990-92 average equals 100. Average is year-to-date for current year. Reliability of Prices Received Estimates Definition: Prices received represent sales from producers to first buyers. They include all grades and qualities. The average commodity price from the survey multiplied by the total quantity marketed theoretically should give the total cash receipts for the commodity. Survey Procedures: Primary sales data used to determine grain prices were obtained from probability samples of 2600 mills and elevators. These procedures ensure that virtually all grain moving into commercial channels has a chance of being included in the survey. Generally, States surveyed account for 90 percent or more of total U.S. production. Livestock prices are obtained from packers, stockyards, auctions, dealers, and market check data from AMS-USDA, private marketing organizations, and state commodity groups and agencies. Inter-farm sales of grain and livestock are not included since they represent very small percentages of the total marketings. Grain marketed for seed is also excluded. Fruit and vegetable prices are obtained from sample surveys and market check data from AMS-USDA, private marketing organizations, state agencies, and universities. Summary and Estimation Procedures: Survey quantities sold are expanded by strata to state levels and used to weight average strata prices to a state average. State prices are then weighted to a U.S. price based on expanded marketings. Recommendations are prepared by the State Statistical Offices and reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board in Washington, D.C. State recommendations are reviewed for reasonableness with survey data, other States, and recent historic estimates. Revisions: For most items, the current month's preliminary price represents a 3-5 day period around the 15th of the month. Previous month's prices represent actual dollars received for quantities sold during the entire month. Revisions are published in monthly issues of Agricultural Prices. Reliability: U.S. price estimates based on probability surveys generally have a sampling error of less than one percent for the major commodities such as corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, and rice. Current methods of summarization for non-probability commodities are not designed directly to calculate sampling errors. However, analytical measures approximate the U.S. relative sampling errors at around five percent. Any nonsampling errors are attributed to such things as the inability to obtain correct information, differences in interpreting questions or definitions, mistakes in coding or processing the data, etc. Efforts are made at each step in the survey process to minimize these nonsampling errors. Prices Paid by Farmers The October Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW) is 134 (1990-92=100), unchanged from September 2004 but 3.9 percent above October 2003. PRODUCTION INDEX: The October index, at 131, is unchanged from last month but 4.0 percent above last year. Lower prices in October for feed grains, complete feeds, and feed concentrates are offset by higher prices for diesel fuel, feeder cattle, gasoline, and feeder pigs. Feed: The October index, at 106, is 3.6 percent less than September and 5.4 percent below last October. Since September, lower prices for feed grains, complete feeds, and feed concentrates more than offset higher prices for hay and forages and feed supplements. Livestock and Poultry: The index for livestock and poultry purchases, at 141, is 2.2 percent higher than last month and 12 percent above last year. Since September, higher prices for feeder cattle and feeder pigs more than offset lower prices for milk cows. The October feeder cattle price, at $121.50 per cwt, is up $2.20 per cwt from the September price. October feeder pigs averaged $118.00 per cwt, up $11.00 per cwt from September. Fertilizer: The October index, at 141, is up 0.7 percent from September and 12 percent more than October a year ago. Since September, prices were higher for mixed fertilizers, potash and phosphate materials, and nitrogen fertilizers. Agricultural Chemicals: The October index, at 119, is down 0.8 percent from last month and 1.7 percent below last October. Fuels: The October index, at 184, is up 6.4 percent from a month earlier and 34 percent above October 2003. Compared to last month, prices are higher for diesel fuel and gasoline. Farm Machinery: The October index is 163, unchanged from September but 6.5 percent above last October. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: The September 2004 Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment to a level of 189.9 (1982-84=100). This compares to the August index of 189.5. For the 12-month period ending in September, the overall index has increased 2.5 percent. Indexes of Prices Paid by Farmers and Related Parity Ratios United States, October 2004 With Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1910-14 = 100 : 1990-92 = 100 Indexes :---------------------------------------------- and : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 Ratios :---------------------------------------------- : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep : Oct : Prices Paid by Farmers for : Commodities & Services, : Interest, Taxes, & Wage : Rates (PPITW) : 1,719 *1,780 1,782 129 *134 134 Production : 1,221 *1,274 1,276 126 *131 131 Feed : 545 *536 517 112 *110 106 Livestock & Poultry : 1,605 *1,766 1,796 126 138 141 Seeds : 1,553 1,564 1,564 157 158 158 Fertilizer : 461 *512 515 126 *140 141 Agricultural Chemicals : 748 *741 737 121 120 119 Fuels : 1,054 *1,337 1,421 137 *173 184 Farm Supplies & Repairs : 956 973 973 135 137 137 Autos & Trucks : 3,014 *2,969 2,969 113 *112 112 Farm Machinery : 3,846 *4,082 4,101 153 *163 163 Building Materials : 1,696 *1,870 1,882 125 *138 139 Farm Services & Rent : 1,447 *1,467 1,467 Farm Services : 122 125 125 Rent : 120 120 120 Interest 1/ : 2,599 2,616 2,616 104 104 104 Taxes 2/ : 3,426 3,474 3,474 128 130 130 Wage Rates : 5,848 5,880 5,880 156 157 157 Production, Interest, Taxes, : & Wage Rates (PITW) : 1,711 *1,775 1,777 127 *132 132 Family Living-CPI 3/ : 1,757 *1,804 1,804 137 141 141 : : :---------------------------------------------- Ratio (Received\Paid) : 88 86 83 Parity Ratio 4/ : 42 41 40 Parity Ratio Adjusted 5/ : 45 43 41 PPITW Adjusted for : Productivity 6/ : 1,174 *1,208 1,208 : : :---------------------------------------------- Crop Sector (PPITW) : 132 136 137 Livestock Sector (PPITW) : 126 *131 131 : : :---------------------------------------------- Farm Sector (Production) : 123 *127 126 Non-Farm Sector (Production) : 127 133 134 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Interest per acre on farm real estate debt and interest rate on farm non-real estate debt. 2/ Farm real estate taxes payable per acre. 3/ Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), for the previous month converted by the USDA. 4/ Ratio of index of prices received to PPITW (1910-14=100). 5/ Based on estimated cash receipts, from marketings and government payments, the preliminary adjustment factor is 1.048 for 2004 and the revised factor is 1.082 for 2003. 6/ PPITW is adjusted based on productivity trend for the prior 15 years. Prices Paid Indexes and Annual Weights for Input Components and Sub-Components United States, October 2004 With Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Input Indexes : Relative Weights :--------------------------- Index :5-Year Moving Average 1/ : 2003 : 2004 :----------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 : Oct : Sep : Oct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- Percent ---- ---- (1990-92=100) --- : Production Items : 66.7 66.2 126 *131 131 : Feed : 11.0 10.7 112 *110 106 Feed Grains : 1.6 1.5 94 *95 82 Complete Feeds : 5.4 5.2 111 *115 112 Hay/Forages : 1.4 1.3 109 111 115 Concentrates : 1.7 1.7 123 *100 92 Supplements : 0.9 0.9 130 *124 126 Livestock & Poultry : 7.2 7.4 126 138 141 Feeder Cattle : 5.6 5.8 130 141 143 Feeder Pigs : 0.6 0.6 97 *116 128 Milk Cow Replacements : 0.6 0.6 122 152 145 Poultry : 0.4 0.4 112 112 112 Seeds : 3.2 3.3 157 158 158 Field Crops : 2.9 3.0 162 163 163 Grasses/Legumes : 0.3 0.3 109 111 111 Fertilizer : 4.5 4.4 126 *140 141 Mixed Fertilizer : 2.0 1.9 114 *124 125 Nitrogen : 1.9 1.8 142 *162 163 Potash & Phosphate : 0.6 0.6 111 120 123 Agricultural Chemicals : 3.8 3.7 121 120 119 Herbicides : 2.4 2.4 113 *112 112 Insecticides : 0.9 0.9 146 143 142 Fungicides/Other : 0.5 0.5 116 116 115 Fuels : 2.7 2.7 137 *173 184 Diesel : 1.5 1.5 133 *176 194 Gasoline : 0.8 0.8 134 *158 168 LP Gas : 0.4 0.4 159 *193 178 Farm Supplies & Repairs : 5.5 5.4 135 137 137 Supplies : 1.8 1.8 125 127 127 Repairs : 3.6 3.6 139 142 142 Autos & Trucks : 1.8 1.8 113 *112 112 Autos : 0.2 0.2 107 *106 106 Trucks : 1.5 1.6 114 *113 113 Farm Machinery : 4.0 4.0 153 *163 163 Tractors : 0.9 0.9 144 148 148 Self-Propelled : 1.6 1.6 157 167 167 Other Machinery : 1.5 1.5 155 *167 169 Building Materials : 3.1 3.3 125 *138 139 Farm Services : 12.4 12.4 122 125 125 Custom Rates : 1.3 1.3 125 125 125 Other Services : 11.1 11.1 122 125 125 Rent : 7.4 7.1 120 120 120 Cash : 4.0 3.8 145 145 145 Share : 3.4 3.3 91 91 91 Interest : 4.7 4.7 104 104 104 Taxes : 3.0 3.0 128 130 130 Wage Rates : 7.4 7.6 156 157 157 Family Living-CPI : 18.2 18.5 137 141 141 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Weights may not add due to rounding. Feed Price Ratios: United States, October 2004 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 Feed Price Ratio 1/ :----------------------------- : Oct : Sep : Oct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Broiler-Feed: Pounds of Broiler Grower Feed : equal in value to 1 pound of broiler, live weight : 5.4 *6.3 7.1 : Market Egg Feed: Pounds of Laying Feed equal in : Value to 1 dozen eggs : 12.6 *6.5 6.5 : Hog-Corn: Bushels of Corn equal in value to : 100 pounds of hog, live weight : 17.3 *24.9 27.2 : Milk-Feed: Pounds of 16% Mixed Dairy Feed equal : in value to 1 pound of Whole Milk : 3.23 *3.25 3.52 : Steer & Heifer-Corn: Bushels of Corn equal : in value to 100 pounds of Steer & Heifers, : 46.1 *40.6 48.2 live weight : : Turkey-Feed: Pounds of Turkey Grower equal in : value to 1 pound of Turkey, live weight : 6.3 7.9 9.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Effective January 1995, prices of commercial prepared feeds are based on current U.S. prices received for corn, soybeans, alfalfa hay, and all wheat. Prices Used to Calculate Feed Price Ratios: United States, October 2004 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 2003 : 2004 Commodity : Unit :------------------------------------------- : : Oct : Sep : Oct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broilers, Live : Lb : 0.370 0.400 0.390 Eggs, Market : Doz : 0.706 0.351 0.303 : : Hogs, All : Cwt : 36.70 *54.80 51.40 Milk, All : Cwt : 15.00 *15.40 15.50 : : Steers and Heifers : Cwt : 97.80 *89.30 91.10 Turkeys, Live : Lb : 0.391 0.465 0.484 : : Corn : Bu : 2.12 *2.20 1.89 Hay, Alfalfa, Baled : Ton : 89.10 95.50 97.80 : : Soybeans : Bu : 6.60 *5.84 5.07 Wheat, All : Bu : 3.44 *3.36 3.38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Feeder Livestock: Prices Paid, United States October 2004 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 2003 : 2004 Commodity : Unit :------------------------------------------- : : Oct : Sep : Oct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars : : Feeders and Stockers : : Cattle and Calves : Cwt : 110.00 119.30 121.50 Feeder Pigs : Cwt : 89.00 *107.00 118.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates : (PPITW) : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1567 1577 1585 1587 1587 1594 1593 1583 1596 1611 1616 1626 1594 2001 :1656 1651 1646 1646 1646 1647 1641 1642 1644 1636 1626 1620 1642 2002 :1628 1628 1634 1639 1634 1637 1640 1648 1657 1666 1661 1666 1645 2003 :1684 1698 1704 1700 1694 1697 1691 1691 1707 1719 1722 1719 1702 2004 :1735 1740 1758 1777 1791 1791 1792 1782 1780 1782 1773 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 118 118 119 119 119 120 120 119 120 121 121 122 120 2001 : 124 124 124 124 124 124 123 123 123 123 122 122 123 2002 : 122 122 123 123 123 123 123 124 124 125 125 125 124 2003 : 127 128 128 128 127 127 127 127 128 129 129 129 128 2004 : 130 131 132 133 135 135 135 134 134 134 133 : : Items Used for Production, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates : (PITW) : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1560 1569 1576 1579 1578 1585 1583 1570 1585 1602 1609 1620 1585 2001 :1654 1647 1640 1639 1637 1638 1631 1632 1633 1625 1614 1608 1633 2002 :1616 1615 1620 1624 1618 1621 1625 1633 1644 1653 1648 1654 1631 2003 :1675 1689 1694 1690 1684 1686 1678 1677 1696 1711 1715 1712 1692 2004 :1729 1734 1753 1775 1790 1788 1790 1779 1775 1777 1769 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 116 117 117 118 117 118 118 117 118 119 120 121 118 2001 : 123 123 122 122 122 122 121 122 122 121 120 120 122 2002 : 120 120 121 121 120 121 121 122 122 123 123 123 121 2003 : 125 126 126 126 125 125 125 125 126 127 128 127 126 2004 : 129 129 130 132 133 133 133 132 132 132 132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Items Used for Production : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1102 1110 1116 1119 1118 1124 1125 1114 1127 1136 1142 1152 1124 2001 :1176 1170 1164 1169 1167 1168 1162 1164 1165 1152 1142 1137 1161 2002 :1139 1138 1143 1149 1143 1146 1154 1162 1171 1172 1168 1173 1155 2003 :1183 1196 1200 1200 1194 1196 1195 1193 1210 1221 1224 1221 1203 2004 :1227 1231 1248 1271 1285 1283 1288 1277 1274 1276 1266 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 114 114 115 115 115 116 116 115 116 117 118 119 116 2001 : 121 121 120 121 120 120 120 120 120 119 118 117 120 2002 : 117 117 118 118 118 118 119 120 121 121 120 121 119 2003 : 122 123 124 124 123 123 123 123 125 126 126 126 124 2004 : 126 127 129 131 132 132 133 132 131 131 130 : : Feed : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 480 492 499 497 513 506 490 469 484 495 504 529 497 2001 : 545 529 520 518 518 521 529 542 538 533 532 534 530 2002 : 529 524 530 534 529 539 555 568 576 566 557 556 547 2003 : 556 559 556 555 560 556 541 523 546 545 576 574 554 2004 : 573 592 606 639 652 619 615 556 536 517 591 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 98 101 102 102 105 104 100 96 99 101 103 108 102 2001 : 112 108 107 106 106 107 108 111 110 109 109 109 109 2002 : 108 107 109 109 108 110 114 116 118 116 114 114 112 2003 : 114 114 114 114 115 114 111 107 112 112 118 117 114 2004 : 117 121 124 131 134 127 126 114 110 106 121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Livestock and Poultry : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1417 1391 1374 1428 1349 1381 1423 1372 1344 1415 1436 1465 1400 2001 :1418 1387 1399 1440 1403 1442 1454 1440 1430 1446 1373 1401 1419 2002 :1394 1405 1361 1301 1251 1213 1223 1245 1259 1287 1341 1395 1306 2003 :1342 1299 1255 1310 1304 1323 1354 1372 1494 1605 1565 1522 1395 2004 :1440 1410 1471 1548 1615 1715 1740 1756 1766 1796 1626 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 111 109 107 112 106 108 111 107 105 111 112 115 110 2001 : 111 109 109 113 110 113 114 113 112 113 107 110 111 2002 : 109 110 106 102 98 95 96 97 99 101 105 109 102 2003 : 105 102 98 102 102 103 106 107 117 126 122 119 109 2004 : 113 110 115 121 126 134 136 137 138 141 127 : : Seeds : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1196 1196 1196 1238 1238 1238 1238 1238 1238 1238 1238 1238 1228 2001 :1238 1238 1238 1329 1329 1329 1329 1329 1329 1329 1329 1329 1306 2002 :1329 1329 1329 1426 1426 1426 1426 1426 1426 1426 1426 1426 1402 2003 :1426 1426 1426 1553 1553 1553 1553 1553 1553 1553 1553 1553 1521 2004 :1553 1553 1553 1564 1564 1564 1564 1564 1564 1564 1561 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 121 121 121 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 124 2001 : 125 125 125 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 132 2002 : 134 134 134 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 142 2003 : 144 144 144 157 157 157 157 157 157 157 157 157 154 2004 : 157 157 157 158 158 158 158 158 158 158 158 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Fertilizer : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 384 388 388 390 391 391 403 406 414 422 427 440 404 2001 : 497 513 513 495 473 452 436 421 412 403 398 393 451 2002 : 394 395 394 391 392 397 394 393 391 394 398 400 394 2003 : 412 427 463 471 466 454 449 453 457 461 463 469 454 2004 : 481 493 504 502 494 496 498 508 512 515 500 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 105 106 106 106 107 107 110 111 113 115 116 120 110 2001 : 135 140 140 135 129 123 119 115 113 110 108 107 123 2002 : 108 108 107 107 107 108 107 107 107 107 109 109 108 2003 : 112 117 126 129 127 124 123 124 125 126 126 128 124 2004 : 131 134 137 137 135 135 136 139 140 141 137 : : Agricultural Chemicals : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 738 740 742 737 742 743 743 742 744 743 739 744 741 2001 : 761 748 746 747 747 745 743 741 739 739 742 739 745 2002 : 739 731 735 733 734 736 738 739 741 736 738 750 738 2003 : 752 752 744 746 746 747 747 746 746 748 750 744 747 2004 : 745 747 747 745 746 748 747 746 741 737 745 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 119 120 120 119 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 2001 : 123 121 121 121 121 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 121 2002 : 120 118 119 119 119 119 119 120 120 119 119 121 119 2003 : 122 122 120 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 120 121 2004 : 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 120 119 121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Fuels : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 875 967 1036 963 954 1017 1028 1016 1165 1152 1154 1070 1033 2001 :1061 1043 948 983 1044 1004 861 889 985 807 744 608 915 2002 : 644 661 783 878 852 836 868 900 997 1074 949 950 866 2003 :1080 1322 1371 1105 983 1011 1020 1050 1012 1054 988 1001 1083 2004 :1121 1055 1096 1168 1227 1159 1237 1311 1337 1421 1213 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 113 125 134 125 124 132 133 132 151 149 149 139 134 2001 : 137 135 123 127 135 130 112 115 128 105 96 79 119 2002 : 83 86 101 114 110 108 112 117 129 139 123 123 112 2003 : 140 171 178 143 127 131 132 136 131 137 128 130 140 2004 : 145 137 142 151 159 150 160 170 173 184 157 : : Farm Supplies and Repairs : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 869 871 872 878 878 879 882 882 883 886 891 893 880 2001 : 895 895 896 900 905 906 911 912 912 912 913 913 906 2002 : 915 918 917 925 927 927 929 929 929 935 935 935 927 2003 : 941 941 942 947 947 948 952 952 952 956 954 954 949 2004 : 965 965 963 971 972 971 972 973 973 973 970 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 122 123 123 124 124 124 124 124 124 125 125 126 124 2001 : 126 126 126 127 128 128 128 128 128 129 129 129 128 2002 : 129 129 129 130 131 131 131 131 131 132 132 132 131 2003 : 133 133 133 133 133 134 134 134 134 135 134 134 134 2004 : 136 136 136 137 137 137 137 137 137 137 137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Autos and Trucks : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :3175 3165 3173 3182 3178 3168 3154 3142 3126 3129 3151 3172 3160 2001 :3179 3171 3158 3155 3145 3132 3120 3099 3093 3117 3153 3169 3141 2002 :3146 3107 3093 3086 3073 3061 3054 3041 3059 3076 3093 3099 3082 2003 :3083 3074 3076 3061 3047 3029 3018 3020 3016 3014 3040 3050 3044 2004 :3052 3060 3046 3042 3029 3021 2994 2969 2969 2969 3015 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 119 119 119 120 120 119 119 118 118 118 119 119 119 2001 : 120 119 119 119 118 118 117 117 116 117 119 119 118 2002 : 118 117 116 116 116 115 115 114 115 116 116 117 116 2003 : 116 116 116 115 115 114 113 114 113 113 114 115 115 2004 : 115 115 115 114 114 114 113 112 112 112 114 : : Farm Machinery : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :3442 3452 3461 3474 3481 3484 3489 3495 3511 3521 3530 3538 3490 2001 :3544 3561 3568 3580 3589 3594 3602 3607 3627 3643 3649 3654 3602 2002 :3668 3674 3694 3700 3703 3699 3704 3705 3719 3724 3730 3730 3704 2003 :3731 3732 3733 3737 3751 3766 3784 3815 3831 3846 3861 3875 3789 2004 :3901 3919 4049 4040 4052 4092 4057 4063 4082 4101 4036 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 137 138 138 138 139 139 139 139 140 140 141 141 139 2001 : 141 142 142 143 143 143 144 144 145 145 145 146 144 2002 : 146 146 147 147 148 147 148 148 148 148 149 149 148 2003 : 149 149 149 149 150 150 151 152 153 153 154 154 151 2004 : 156 156 161 161 162 163 162 162 163 163 161 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Building Materials : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1644 1648 1654 1657 1651 1653 1648 1644 1643 1642 1641 1639 1647 2001 :1636 1641 1642 1644 1657 1658 1652 1652 1649 1643 1642 1639 1646 2002 :1642 1642 1647 1652 1655 1656 1658 1669 1663 1658 1653 1652 1654 2003 :1655 1663 1665 1671 1671 1672 1679 1680 1694 1696 1701 1701 1679 2004 :1704 1738 1757 1800 1824 1829 1834 1858 1870 1882 1810 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 121 121 122 122 121 122 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 2001 : 120 121 121 121 122 122 122 122 121 121 121 121 121 2002 : 121 121 121 122 122 122 122 123 122 122 122 122 122 2003 : 122 122 123 123 123 123 124 124 125 125 125 125 124 2004 : 125 128 129 133 134 135 135 137 138 139 133 : : Farm Services and Rent 2/ : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1365 1367 1369 1369 1369 1379 1381 1381 1382 1377 1374 1375 1374 2001 :1413 1413 1416 1416 1418 1430 1434 1432 1430 1423 1417 1417 1422 2002 :1422 1422 1421 1420 1421 1432 1432 1433 1432 1426 1424 1425 1426 2003 :1440 1441 1441 1444 1446 1455 1457 1457 1457 1447 1442 1442 1447 2004 :1449 1448 1449 1450 1453 1464 1464 1468 1467 1467 1458 : : Farm Services : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 117 118 118 118 118 119 119 119 120 119 118 119 119 2001 : 120 120 120 120 120 122 122 122 122 121 120 120 121 2002 : 120 120 120 119 120 121 121 121 121 120 120 120 120 2003 : 121 122 122 122 122 123 124 124 124 122 122 122 123 2004 : 123 123 123 123 123 125 125 125 125 125 124 : : Rent : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 2001 : 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 2002 : 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 2003 : 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 2004 : 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. 2/ For the 1990-92=100 base period, the Farm Services and Rent Index is separated. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Interest : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2825 2001 :2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2738 2002 :2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2615 2003 :2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2599 2004 :2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 2616 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 2001 : 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 2002 : 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 2003 : 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 2004 : 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 : : Taxes : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 3281 2001 :3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 3330 2002 :3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 3378 2003 :3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 3426 2004 :3474 3474 3474 3474 3474 3474 3474 3474 3474 3474 3474 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 2001 : 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 2002 : 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 2003 : 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 2004 : 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 : : Wage Rates : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :5234 5234 5234 5227 5227 5227 5124 5124 5124 5357 5357 5357 5235 2001 :5596 5596 5596 5369 5369 5369 5357 5357 5357 5550 5550 5550 5468 2002 :5796 5796 5796 5705 5705 5705 5537 5537 5537 5783 5783 5783 5705 2003 :6035 6035 6035 5919 5919 5919 5738 5738 5738 5848 5848 5848 5885 2004 :6080 6080 6080 5964 5957 5957 5880 5880 5880 5880 5964 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 140 140 140 140 140 140 137 137 137 143 143 143 140 2001 : 150 150 150 144 144 144 143 143 143 148 148 148 146 2002 : 155 155 155 153 153 153 148 148 148 155 155 155 153 2003 : 161 161 161 158 158 158 153 153 153 156 156 156 157 2004 : 163 163 163 159 159 159 157 157 157 157 159 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Family Living : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1603 1613 1626 1627 1629 1637 1641 1641 1650 1653 1654 1653 1636 2001 :1663 1670 1673 1680 1688 1691 1686 1686 1693 1688 1685 1678 1682 2002 :1682 1689 1698 1708 1708 1709 1711 1716 1719 1722 1722 1718 1709 2003 :1726 1739 1749 1746 1743 1745 1747 1753 1759 1757 1752 1750 1747 2004 :1759 1768 1780 1786 1796 1802 1799 1800 1804 1804 1790 : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 125 126 127 127 127 128 128 128 129 129 129 129 128 2001 : 130 130 131 131 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 131 131 2002 : 131 132 133 133 133 133 134 134 134 134 134 134 133 2003 : 135 136 137 136 136 136 136 137 137 137 137 137 136 2004 : 137 138 139 139 140 141 141 141 141 141 140 : : Production Items With Farm Origin 2/ : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 105 106 106 108 108 108 107 104 105 108 109 113 107 2001 : 113 111 110 112 111 113 114 115 114 114 112 113 113 2002 : 112 112 112 112 110 110 112 114 116 115 116 117 113 2003 : 115 115 113 116 117 117 116 115 120 123 125 124 118 2004 : 122 123 126 132 135 134 134 129 127 126 129 : : Production Items With Non-Farm Origin 3/ : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 117 118 119 119 119 120 120 120 121 122 122 122 120 2001 : 125 125 125 124 124 124 123 122 123 121 120 119 123 2002 : 120 120 121 121 121 122 122 122 123 123 123 123 122 2003 : 125 127 129 127 126 126 126 127 127 127 127 127 127 2004 : 129 129 130 131 131 131 132 133 133 134 131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. 2/ Feed, livestock and poultry purchases, and seed. 3/ Fertilizer, agricultural chemicals, fuels, farm supplies and repairs, autos and trucks, farm machinery, building materials, and farm services and rent. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Parity Ratio 2/ : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 37 37 38 40 40 39 38 39 39 37 38 38 38 2001 : 37 38 40 41 42 41 42 43 41 37 37 37 40 2002 : 37 38 41 36 37 38 38 38 38 36 37 37 38 2003 : 37 37 37 38 39 40 39 41 41 42 43 42 40 2004 : 41 42 44 45 46 46 44 43 41 40 43 : : Adjusted Parity Ratio 3/ : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 : 41 41 42 45 45 44 43 43 43 41 43 43 43 2001 : 41 42 44 45 46 46 46 47 45 40 41 41 44 2002 : 39 41 43 39 39 40 40 41 40 38 39 39 40 2003 : 41 40 40 41 43 44 43 44 45 45 46 46 43 2004 : 43 44 46 47 48 48 46 45 43 41 45 : : Ratio : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 76 78 80 84 84 82 81 81 81 77 81 80 80 2001 : 78 81 83 85 87 86 88 89 86 76 77 78 83 2002 : 78 80 85 76 78 79 80 81 79 76 78 78 79 2003 : 78 77 77 79 83 84 83 86 87 88 90 88 83 2004 : 86 89 92 94 96 95 92 90 86 83 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. 2/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid for commodities and services, interest, taxes, and wage rates. 3/ Ratio of the index of prices received by farmers after adjustment for government payments to the index of prices paid for commodities and services, interest, taxes, and wage rates. Prices Paid Indexes: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crop Sector (PPITW) : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 120 121 121 121 121 122 122 122 123 124 124 124 122 2001 : 127 127 127 127 127 126 125 125 125 125 124 124 126 2002 : 124 125 125 126 126 126 126 126 127 128 127 127 126 2003 : 129 131 132 131 131 131 130 131 131 132 131 131 131 2004 : 133 133 134 135 135 135 135 136 136 137 135 : : Livestock Sector (PPITW) : : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 115 116 117 117 117 117 117 116 117 118 119 120 117 2001 : 122 121 120 120 120 121 121 121 121 121 120 120 121 2002 : 120 120 120 120 119 119 120 121 122 122 122 123 121 2003 : 123 124 124 124 123 124 123 123 125 126 127 127 124 2004 : 127 128 129 132 134 133 134 132 131 131 131 : : Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates : : Adjusted for Productivity : : 1910-14 = 100 : 2000 :1079 1083 1086 1086 1086 1089 1083 1081 1084 1103 1104 1105 1089 2001 :1131 1131 1131 1117 1118 1119 1116 1116 1118 1128 1126 1124 1123 2002 :1140 1141 1143 1139 1139 1139 1129 1131 1133 1152 1151 1151 1141 2003 :1177 1181 1184 1174 1173 1174 1160 1161 1165 1174 1174 1173 1173 2004 :1208 1210 1215 1211 1214 1215 1209 1208 1208 1208 1211 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Feed Sub-Components : : Feed Grains : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 81 84 87 87 90 83 72 67 70 75 81 86 80 2001 : 85 85 84 81 79 79 83 83 84 81 82 86 83 2002 : 86 84 85 83 84 88 94 104 107 103 101 103 94 2003 : 102 103 102 102 104 101 94 95 96 94 97 101 99 2004 : 104 113 119 124 123 119 108 101 95 82 109 : : Complete Feeds : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 102 103 104 104 105 105 104 100 101 103 104 108 104 2001 : 114 112 109 107 106 107 108 113 112 112 111 112 110 2002 : 111 110 111 112 110 113 115 116 118 117 116 115 114 2003 : 115 114 114 112 112 112 111 107 111 111 118 119 113 2004 : 119 123 122 130 131 126 131 118 115 112 123 : : Hay and Forages : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 97 99 100 102 109 108 105 104 107 108 109 109 105 2001 : 110 113 117 127 130 122 121 123 124 123 123 123 121 2002 : 120 118 119 125 127 121 118 119 119 121 120 120 121 2003 : 121 122 120 125 123 122 113 109 108 109 106 105 115 2004 : 106 107 108 115 129 123 117 115 111 115 115 : : Concentrates : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 93 100 104 100 108 109 104 96 108 109 109 121 105 2001 : 122 107 104 104 107 115 117 116 111 110 109 103 110 2002 : 105 102 105 104 106 109 118 121 121 110 105 104 109 2003 : 104 110 110 112 118 115 114 106 123 123 137 127 117 2004 : 125 126 143 149 156 136 134 107 100 92 127 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Supplements : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 118 120 119 117 116 113 111 110 112 115 116 123 116 2001 : 127 124 119 119 116 117 117 120 121 119 124 125 121 2002 : 123 124 124 123 118 123 126 128 129 133 134 135 127 2003 : 135 134 134 131 129 132 130 126 127 130 135 135 132 2004 : 135 134 135 138 133 131 127 122 124 126 131 : : Livestock and Poultry Sub-Components : : Feeder Cattle : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 109 105 102 107 101 106 111 107 104 111 113 114 108 2001 : 109 105 106 109 106 112 111 110 110 110 102 104 108 2002 : 102 103 99 95 92 91 94 96 98 100 102 105 98 2003 : 99 96 92 99 99 102 107 111 122 130 126 122 109 2004 : 113 107 113 119 126 137 139 141 141 143 128 : : Feeder Pigs : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 126 137 147 159 136 118 114 103 98 101 106 118 122 2001 : 125 133 136 143 127 115 111 109 106 105 110 123 120 2002 : 138 146 138 111 88 59 52 46 40 73 102 126 93 2003 : 138 127 123 119 109 104 82 64 73 97 94 96 102 2004 : 104 125 125 126 122 116 109 108 116 128 118 : : Milk Cow Replacements : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 118 118 118 119 119 119 120 120 120 120 120 120 119 2001 : 117 117 117 124 124 124 141 141 141 151 151 151 133 2002 : 143 143 143 152 152 152 148 148 148 127 127 127 143 2003 : 122 122 122 115 115 115 116 116 116 122 122 122 119 2004 : 123 123 123 140 140 140 152 152 152 145 139 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Poultry : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 2001 : 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 2002 : 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 2003 : 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 2004 : 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 : : Seeds Sub-Components : : Field Crops : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 121 121 121 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 125 2001 : 126 126 126 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 134 2002 : 136 136 136 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 144 2003 : 147 147 147 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 158 2004 : 162 162 162 163 163 163 163 163 163 163 163 : : Grasses and Legumes : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 121 121 121 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 117 2001 : 115 115 115 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 117 2002 : 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 2003 : 118 118 118 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 111 2004 : 109 109 109 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 110 : : Fertilizer Sub-Components : : Mixed Fertilizer : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 109 108 108 108 108 108 107 107 107 107 107 107 108 2001 : 109 111 111 111 111 110 110 109 107 106 106 106 109 2002 : 105 104 104 104 104 104 105 105 106 106 106 106 105 2003 : 107 107 112 113 113 113 113 113 114 114 115 115 112 2004 : 117 119 122 122 122 122 122 123 124 125 122 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Nitrogen : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 97 101 103 104 104 107 115 116 120 125 129 137 113 2001 : 171 180 179 167 155 142 133 124 121 115 112 111 143 2002 : 111 111 110 110 110 113 111 110 108 110 113 115 111 2003 : 122 131 147 150 146 141 138 139 141 142 144 147 141 2004 : 152 156 158 157 152 155 157 162 162 163 157 : : Potash and Phosphate : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 114 116 109 111 111 103 103 105 108 110 108 110 109 2001 : 110 111 113 113 110 108 107 106 105 106 107 100 108 2002 : 106 109 109 108 106 106 105 105 105 105 104 102 106 2003 : 102 103 112 113 113 108 107 110 110 111 110 111 109 2004 : 114 119 124 123 122 119 117 118 120 123 120 : : Agricultural Chemicals Sub-Components : : Herbicides : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 112 112 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 111 2001 : 111 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 113 113 112 2002 : 112 111 112 112 111 111 111 111 112 110 110 112 111 2003 : 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 113 113 112 112 2004 : 113 113 113 113 113 114 113 113 112 112 113 : : Insecticides : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 140 142 144 142 146 146 146 146 147 147 144 146 145 2001 : 159 145 144 144 144 144 143 142 141 140 139 138 144 2002 : 139 138 138 137 138 139 140 140 141 142 143 144 140 2003 : 145 146 146 147 147 148 147 147 146 146 146 145 146 2004 : 144 144 144 143 143 144 144 143 143 142 143 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Fungicides and Other : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 119 119 119 119 119 119 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 2001 : 120 120 121 121 121 121 121 120 120 120 120 120 120 2002 : 120 120 119 119 120 121 121 122 123 123 124 124 121 2003 : 125 126 114 115 115 115 115 115 116 116 116 116 117 2004 : 116 116 117 116 116 117 117 116 116 115 116 : : Fuels Sub-Components : : Diesel : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 113 127 133 123 121 125 130 134 160 159 159 146 136 2001 : 139 132 119 123 133 129 116 117 131 108 102 80 119 2002 : 84 86 100 110 106 104 110 114 130 139 120 121 110 2003 : 136 172 179 141 120 122 125 129 121 133 125 127 136 2004 : 140 132 138 149 151 142 153 168 176 194 154 : : Gasoline : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 111 125 137 128 135 154 138 128 139 129 128 112 130 2001 : 117 116 109 124 137 126 105 113 127 98 86 76 111 2002 : 81 85 103 118 115 114 117 119 123 136 120 113 112 2003 : 132 156 168 140 131 136 137 142 145 134 123 120 139 2004 : 136 138 143 152 170 156 163 155 158 168 154 : : LP Gas : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 119 117 136 126 111 114 137 132 136 152 155 162 133 2001 : 175 187 166 151 143 144 105 113 115 103 95 78 131 2002 : 87 88 107 121 118 113 113 124 139 149 142 152 121 2003 : 173 201 193 158 149 159 152 153 147 159 153 163 163 2004 : 188 157 157 158 171 171 183 208 193 178 176 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Farm Supplies & Repairs Sub-Components : : Supplies : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 117 117 117 118 117 118 118 118 118 119 119 119 118 2001 : 119 119 119 119 122 122 122 122 123 122 122 122 121 2002 : 121 122 122 123 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 123 2003 : 124 124 124 124 124 124 125 125 125 125 125 126 125 2004 : 126 126 126 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 : : Repairs : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 125 126 126 127 127 127 128 128 128 128 129 129 127 2001 : 130 130 130 130 130 130 131 131 131 132 132 132 131 2002 : 133 133 133 134 134 134 134 134 134 136 136 136 134 2003 : 137 137 137 138 138 138 139 139 139 139 139 139 138 2004 : 141 141 140 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 : : Autos and Trucks Sub-Components : : Autos : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 111 111 111 112 112 112 2001 : 112 112 112 112 111 111 111 110 110 110 112 112 111 2002 : 112 111 111 110 110 109 109 108 109 109 110 110 110 2003 : 109 109 109 108 108 107 107 107 107 107 108 108 108 2004 : 108 108 108 108 108 107 106 106 106 106 107 : : Trucks : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 120 120 120 121 121 120 120 119 119 119 120 120 120 2001 : 121 120 120 120 119 119 118 118 117 118 120 120 119 2002 : 119 118 117 117 116 116 116 115 116 117 117 117 117 2003 : 117 117 117 116 116 115 114 115 114 114 115 116 116 2004 : 116 116 116 115 115 115 114 113 113 113 115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Farm Machinery Sub-Components : : Tractors : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 135 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 137 138 138 138 137 2001 : 138 138 138 138 138 138 138 138 139 139 139 140 138 2002 : 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 2003 : 140 140 141 141 141 141 142 143 144 144 145 145 142 2004 : 145 145 146 146 147 148 148 148 148 148 147 : : Self Propelled : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 136 136 136 137 137 137 138 138 139 140 140 140 138 2001 : 141 142 142 143 143 143 143 144 145 145 145 145 143 2002 : 145 146 146 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 148 148 147 2003 : 148 148 148 148 149 150 152 154 156 157 158 160 152 2004 : 162 164 165 167 167 167 167 167 167 167 166 : : Other Machinery : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 140 141 141 142 142 142 142 142 143 143 143 144 142 2001 : 144 144 144 145 146 146 147 147 148 149 150 150 147 2002 : 151 151 152 153 153 153 153 153 154 154 155 155 153 2003 : 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 2004 : 155 155 167 164 165 168 164 165 167 169 164 : : Farm Services Sub-Components : : Custom Rates : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 2001 : 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 2002 : 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 2003 : 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 2004 : 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid Index Sub-Components: Monthly and Annual Average United States, 2000-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year: Jan : Feb : Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :Avg : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Other Services : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 117 117 118 118 118 119 119 119 120 119 118 118 118 2001 : 119 119 120 120 120 122 122 122 122 121 120 120 121 2002 : 120 120 120 119 120 121 121 121 121 120 120 120 120 2003 : 121 121 121 122 122 123 124 124 124 122 121 121 122 2004 : 122 122 123 123 123 125 125 125 125 125 124 : : Rent Sub-Components : : Cash : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 139 2001 : 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 2002 : 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 2003 : 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 2004 : 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 : : Share : 1990-92 = 100 : 2000 : 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 2001 : 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 2002 : 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 2003 : 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 2004 : 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Simple average and is year-to-date for current year. Prices Paid by Farmers Definition: Prices paid by farmers represent the average costs of inputs purchased by farmers and ranchers to produce agricultural commodities. Conceptually, the average price when multiplied by quantity purchased should equal total producer expenditures for the item. Survey Procedures: The prices paid data are obtained from establishments that sell goods and services to farmers and ranchers. Annually, about 8,500 firms are randomly selected from lists by type of item sold with an average response rate in the range of 75-80 percent. Firms are asked to report the price for the specified item "most commonly bought by farmers" or that was the "volume seller". Approximately 135 items are surveyed each April to represent all production input items purchased. The survey reference period for most items is the 5 business days centered around the 15th of the month. Separate prices paid surveys are conducted for, agricultural chemicals, fuels, feed, fertilizer, machinery, and seed. Summary and Estimation Procedures: The annual April Prices Paid Survey is summarized as a nonprobability survey. Average prices reported are aggregated to the region and U.S. level using weights available from expenditure data and other administrative sources. Price recommendations are prepared by the State Statistical Offices and Headquarters for review by the Agricultural Statistics Board in Washington, D.C. Also, the change in price level for individual items surveyed are combined to the regional and U.S. levels, and are published as prices paid indexes referenced to a specific base period. Prices paid indexes for new autos and trucks, building materials, farm supplies, motor supplies, and marketing containers are updated based on price changes measured in selected Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indexes. Revisions: Any revisions are published in the monthly and in annual issues of Agricultural Prices. The basis for revision must be supported by additional data that directly affect the level of the estimate. More revisions are likely in April when separate prices paid surveys are conducted, in lieu of BLS indexes, by the USDA to measure price change. Reliability: Current methods of summarization in April are not designed directly to calculate sampling errors. However, analytical measures approximate the U.S. relative sampling errors for major items around 10 percent. Any nonsampling errors are attributed to such things as the inability to obtain correct information, differences in interpreting questions or definitions, mistakes in coding or processing the data, etc. Efforts are made at each step in the survey process to minimize these nonsampling errors. Program Change: Effective January 1, 1995, the National Agricultural Statistics Service updated the weights and changed the construction of its prices paid and received by farmers indexes. A Federal Register Notice dated October 28, 1994 discussed these program modifications. A 1990-92 reference and base period replaced the 1977 reference and 1971-73 base weight period. Five-year moving average weights replaced the current fixed 1971-73 base period weights. The 1910-14=100 price indexes, required by statute for computing parity prices, were linked forward based on the changes in the new 1990-92=100 indexes. The new indexes were constructed by multiplying the ratios of the current prices to the base period prices by the moving average weights (adjusted for seasonal marketing patterns for the prices received indexes). Information Contacts General questions should be directed to Linda Hutton, Chief, Environmental, Economics and Demographics Branch at (202) 720-6146. Below are the commodity specialists to contact for additional information. Crop Prices Received Joe Prusacki Chief, Crops Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-2127 Greg Thessen, Field Crops Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-2127 Lance Honig - Wheat, Rye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-8068 Darin Jantzi - Corn, Proso Millet, Flaxseed. . . . . . . . .(202) 720-9526 Troy Joshua - Cotton, Cottonseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-5944 Dennis Koong - Hay, Oats, Sorghum. . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 690-3234 Jason Lamprecht - Soybeans, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds. . . .(202) 720-7369 Mark R. Miller - Peanuts, Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-7688 Brian Young - Sugarcane, Sugarbeets, Barley. . . . . . . . .(202) 720-7621 Jim Smith, Fruit and Vegetable Section . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-2127 Debbie Flippin - Peaches, Pears, Hops, Pulses, Mint. . . . .(202) 720-3250 Jorge Garcia-Pratts - Citrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-5412 Terry O'Connor - Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Cranberries, Plums, Prunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-4288 Leslie Colburn - Grapes, Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-7235 Cathy Scherrer, Potatoes, Dry Edible Beans, Sweet Potatoes .(202) 720-4285 Biz Wallingsford - Vegetables, Onions, Strawberries. . . . .(202) 720-2157 Livestock Prices Received Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3570 Wil Hundl, Livestock Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3570 Scott Hollis - Sheep, Lambs, Wool, Mohair. . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-4751 Ty Kalaus - Milk, Milk Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 690-3236 Dan Lofthus - Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3106 Mike Miller - Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3040 Nathan Crisp, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section. . . .(202) 720-3570 John Lange - Turkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-0585 Sharyn Lavender - Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3244 Jody Roberts - Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 690-8632 Indexes, Prices Paid, and Parity Prices Linda Hutton, Chief, Environmental, Economics and Demographics Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-6146 Kevin Hintzman, Economics Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-6146 Eric Barnes - Farm Supplies and Repairs, Farm Machinery, Fuels, Feeder Livestock, Poultry Chicks, Feed Price Ratios, Grazing Fees, Autos & Trucks . . . . .(202) 690-3225 Daryl Brinkman - Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-8844 Tara Jackson - Prices Paid Indexes, Prices Paid for Feed, Fertilizer, Agricultural Chemicals, Seeds. . . . . . .(202) 690-3229 ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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