The U.S. Food and Fiber Industry

The U.S. Food and Fiber Industry

Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2: TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

Indices and nominal versus real values

What is the food and fiber Industry?

Changing complexion of production agriculture

Physical structureProductivityProfitabilityFinancial structure

Sectors within the Food and Fiber Industry Farm input suppliersFood processors, wholesalers and retailersValue added process

THE FOOD AND FIBER INDUSTRY. . .

Consists of those business entities that are involved in

one fashion or another with the supply of food and fiber to consumers.

FOOD & FIBER INDUSTRY(1) FARM INPUT SUPPLY SECTOR

(e.g., John Deere, Ralston-Purina)

(2) FARM SECTOR

(3) PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING SECTOR (e.g., Tyson Foods, Del Monte, Swift)

(4) WHOLESALE & RETAIL SECTOR (e.g., Sysco, Kroger, HEB)

(5) CONSUMER (us)

1 out of every 6 jobs is tied to the food and fiber industry

Responsible for roughly 12 to 15 percent of GDP

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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Net Farm Income ($ billion)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

124.5 114.4 118.9 151.1 185.1 169.1 171.1 202.2 223.5 211.1

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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Value of Crop Production ($ billion)

Value of Livestock Production ($ billion)

Source: Economics Research Service, USDA (www.ers.usda.gov)

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Some Key Measurement Topics

Output and Price Indices

Nominal and Real Expenditures

Indices

Index – a percentage comparison from a fixed point of reference or benchmark.

with an index, economists can more easily describe how much, say wheat output for example, has increased or decreased relative to the benchmark or base period.

CPI Consumer Price Index

WPI Wholesale Price Index

Index of prices received or paid by producers

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Output and Price IndicesApple Production Price of apples

Year (1000 short tons) Output Index ($/pound) Price index

1985 3,957 0.819 $0.685 0.952

1990 4,828 1.000 $0.719 1.000

1997 5,162 1.069 $0.907 1.261

1990 is the base year

1990 is the base year

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Apple Production Price of apples

Year (1000 short tons) Output Index ($/pound) Price index

1985 3,957 0.819 $0.685 0.952

1990 4,828 1.000 $0.719 1.000

1997 5,162 1.069 $0.907 1.261

Output and Price Indices

1990 is the base year

1990 is the base year

1.069 = 5,162÷4,828Output 6.9% higher in1997 than it was in1990….

1.069 = 5,162÷4,828Output 6.9% higher in1997 than it was in1990….

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Apple Production Price of apples

Year (1000 short tons) Output Index ($/pound) Price index

1985 3,957 0.819 $0.685 0.952

1990 4,828 1.000 $0.719 1.000

1997 5,162 1.069 $0.907 1.261

Output and Price Indices

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1990 is the base year

1.06 = 5,823÷5,512Output 6% higher in1997 than it was in1990….

1.06 = 5,823÷5,512Output 6% higher in1997 than it was in1990….

1.261 = 0.907÷0.719 Price 26.1% higher in 1997 that it was in 1990….

1.261 = 0.907÷0.719 Price 26.1% higher in 1997 that it was in 1990….

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1.069 = 5,162÷4,828Output 6.9% higher in1997 than it was in1990….

1.069 = 5,162÷4,828Output 6.9% higher in1997 than it was in1990….

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Agricultural_Prices/

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Agricultural_Prices/

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Agricultural_Prices/

Output and Price Indices for Milk, 1995 to 2012

Milk Production (million pounds)

Output Index (Base Year 2000)

All Milk Price ($/cwt)

Price Index (Base Year 2000)

1995 155,292 0.93 12.74 1.031996 154,006 0.92 14.88 1.211997 156,091 0.93 13.34 1.081998 157,262 0.94 15.50 1.261999 162,589 0.97 14.36 1.172000 167,393 1.00 12.32 1.002001 165,332 0.99 14.97 1.222002 170,063 1.02 12.11 0.982003 170,394 1.02 12.52 1.022004 170,934 1.02 16.05 1.302005 176,929 1.06 15.13 1.232006 181,782 1.09 12.88 1.052007 185,654 1.11 19.13 1.552008 189,992 1.14 18.33 1.492009 189,334 1.13 12.83 1.042010 192,848 1.15 16.26 1.322011 196,245 1.17 20.14 1.632012 200,366 1.20 18.51 1.50

Nominal and Real Expendituresfor Food Eaten Away From Home

Nominal Expenditures CPI Real Expenditures

Year (billion dollars) 1982-84=1.00 (billion dollars)

1980 120.296 0.824 145.990

1985 168.831 1.076 156.906

1990 248.464 1.307 190.102

1995 302.419 1.569 198.437

1982-84 average is the base year for the CPI

1982-84 average is the base year for the CPI

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Nominal Expenditures CPI Real Expenditures

Year (billion dollars) 1982-84=1.00 (billion dollars)

1980 120.296 0.824 145.990

1985 168.831 1.076 156.906

1990 248.464 1.307 190.102

1995 302.419 1.569 198.437

1982-84 average is the base year for the CPI

1982-84 average is the base year for the CPI

CPI was 56.9% higher in 1995 than it was in1982-84 period

CPI was 56.9% higher in 1995 than it was in1982-84 period

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Nominal and Real Expendituresfor Food Eaten Away From Home

Nominal Expenditures CPI Real Expenditures

Year (billion dollars) 1982-84=1.00 (billion dollars)

1980 120.296 0.824 145.990

1985 168.831 1.076 156.906

1990 248.464 1.307 190.102

1995 302.419 1.569 198.437

1982-84 average is the base year for the CPI

1982-84 average is the base year for the CPI

CPI was 56.9% higher in 1995 than it was in1982-84 period

CPI was 56.9% higher in 1995 than it was in1982-84 period

198.437 = 302.419÷1.569 The increasing CPI eroded the purchasing power of the dollar….

198.437 = 302.419÷1.569 The increasing CPI eroded the purchasing power of the dollar….

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Nominal and Real Expendituresfor Food Eaten Away From Home

Characteristics of the Food and Fiber

System

The Nation’s food and fiber system consists of various sectors that providefood and fiber products to their ultimate consumer. Page 16

Changing Complexion of Farming

Physical structureFewer number of farms but larger-sized farmsIncreasing use of capital relative to laborIncreasing productivity or output per unit of input

Financial structure and performanceNominal net farm income growth in recent timesDeclining debt use strengthens equity positionRecovering real estate values after sharp declines

during the financial crises in the mid-1980s

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Important Facts

• Number of farms roughly 2.2 million at present• Peak 1935—6.8 million farms• Average size of the US farm between 400 and 500

acres today• Since WWII, average farm size has doubled

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• Share of the 50,000 largest farms (2%) account for roughly 50% of total sales

• 56% of US farms have sales < $10,000

• Concentration of production may be more of a critical issue than the decline in the number of farms; 10% of U.S. farms account for 75% of value of production

• The number of farms has been holding steady between 2.1million and 2.2 million for the past 20 years

Specialization, Diversification, Organization, and Contracting

• US farms tend to be specialized rather than diversified

• About half of US farms produce one commodity

• ¾ of farms with sales > $0.5 million produce no more than three commodities

• 60 percent of all farms are comprised of retired operators and operators who also work off the farm

• Average age of farm operator is in the mid 50s today, 48 in 1940

Specialization, Diversification, Organization, and Contracting

• Corporate farms versus family farms

• Family-owned farms are NOT losing their share of US agriculture to non-farm corporations

• US farms are most organized as individual operations; farms organized as partnerships are about 5 percent of US farms; farms organized as corporations are roughly 3 percent of US farms

• But partnerships and corporations account for roughly 40 percent of the value of production

Specialization, Diversification, Organization, and Contracting

• Over the past 40 years, farmers have become LESS dependent on terminal markets and spot pricing

• Roughly 10 percent of farms today rely on production and marketing contracts, and these farms account for 52 percent of agricultural production

• 90 percent of US farms today have no production and marketing contracts

A Note on Farm Inputs

• Land, Labor, Capital, Materials• Capital refers to durable equipment and structures• Labor—Hired and Self-Employed• Materials—Energy, chemicals, and purchased

services

A Note on Farm Inputs

• Total farm input, in the aggregate, has remained relatively stable since WWII

• Labor on the decline, materials on the rise• Capital substituted for labor; use of capital inputs

peaked around 1980 and then declined from 1981 to 1995; since 1996 capital has leveled off

Fig. 2.3 A Index of total farm inputs used in agricultural production, 1948 to 2008 (1996=1.00)

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Fig. 2.3B Index of capital, labor, and materials used in agricultural production, 1948 to 2008 (1996=1.00)

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A Note on Productivity• Productivity defined as output per unit of input

• Productivity has increased dramatically since WWII

• Output has been on the rise due primarily to development and use of technology and biotechnology (e.g. BST)

• Growth rates in livestock and crop output have been about the same; average growth rate is 2 percent per year

A Note on Productivity

• US farmers have adopted widely genetically-engineered (GE) crops since their introduction in 1996

• Examples—soybeans and cotton genetically-engineered with herbicide-tolerant traits; cotton and corn with insect-resistant traits

Figure 2.4. Index of agricultural productivity, 1948 to 2008 (1996=1.00)

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Figure 2.5 A Index of total output from the farm sector, 1948 to 2008 (1996=1.00)

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Figure 2.5 B Index of output associated with livestock products, 1948 to 2008 (1996=1.00)

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Figure 2.5 C Index of output associated with crops, 1948 to 2008 (1996=1.00)

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Farm Profitability Cash receipts from farm marketings

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÷ Broadly-based price deflator

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Figure 2.6 A Gross farm income and production expenses, 1949 to 2010

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Figure 2.7 A Real Estate Assets and Non-real Estate Assets 1960 to 2010

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A Note on Profitability

• Nominal net farm income was about $79 billion in 2010; over the period 2004 to 2010, range $58.5 billion (2006) to 85.8 billion (2004); forecast of $94.7 billion in 2011

• Since the 1930s, the worst year in terms of lowest real net farm income was 1983

• In 2010, farm assets were roughly $2.1 trillion; farm liabilities were on the order of $240 billion; thus equity in the farm sector was $1.9 trillion, largely due to real estate assets.

A Note on Profitability

• Debt-to-asset ratio peaked at 22 percent in 1985; currently this ratio is about 11 percent

• Debt-to-equity ratio peaked at 28 percent in 1985; currently this ratio is about 13 percent

Relative Importance of Farm Input ExpendituresRelative Importance of Farm Input Expenditures

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Beyond the Farm Gate

TABLE 2.4 Value Added for a Loaf of Bread

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Figure 2.9 Share of the food dollar for food eaten at home and for food eaten away from home.

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SHARETOTFOOD

Question: Why do we see the spike and why do we see the decline??

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What a Dollar Spent for Food Typically Pays for

Assignment

• Please do ALL problems in Chapter 2 • (see pg 36-37).