Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: June 2009

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英文名称：

Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: June 2009

作者：

Agnes Perez; Mir Ali

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=37031

关键词：

Fruit;  nuts;  tree nuts;  farms;  costs;  production expenses;  value of production;  cost of production;  farm size;  region;  labor;  fertilizer;  fuel;  interest payments; 

年份：

2009

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

29 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Specialized fruit and tree nut farms represent a substantial segment of the U.S. fruit and tree nut industry. By nature of the commodities produced and the markets targeted, these specialized farms require substantial investments in production inputs. Using data from USDA's Agricultural Resource and Management Survey (ARMS), this report investigates the major expense components of specialized fruit and tree nut farms in the United States from 1998 to 2006. Based on 3-year averages, the analysis compares farm expenses by farm size and across regions. Total cash expenses were highest in the West where the highest concentration of specialized fruit and tree nut farms are located, including a majority of the largest and most highly specialized farm operations. Labor was the largest cash expense for fruit and tree nut farms, followed by fertilizer and other agricultural chemical inputs.