PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: INDEX NUMBERS, ANNUAL AVERAGE, UNITED STATES, 1965-1980, BY YEARS (1977=100) 



YEAR 



COMTIODITIES & 

 SER., INTEREST, 

 TAXES & 

 WAGE RATES 



PRODUCTION ITEMS 



INTEREST, TAXES, 



& WAGE RATES 



PRODUCTION 

 ITEMS 



INTEREST 

 PAYABLE 

 PER 

 ACRE 



TAXES 



PAYABLE 



PER 



ACRE 



WAGE RATES 



FOR HIRED 



FARM LABOR 



1/ 



1965 

 1966 

 1967 

 1968 

 1969 



47 

 49 

 49 

 51 

 53 



1980 



139 



45 

 47 

 48 

 49 



51 



54 

 56 

 60 

 72 

 81 



89 



95 



100 



109 



125 



140 



48 



50 

 50 

 50 

 52 



22 



25 

 28 

 31 

 35 



46 

 49 

 53 

 58 

 63 



38 



41 

 44 

 48 

 53 



138 



179 



114 



127 



]_/ Simple average of quarterly indexes seasonally adjusted. 



INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, BY COMMODITY GROUPS, UNITED STATES ANNUAL AVERAGE, 1965-1980 



(1977=100) 



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