CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETING AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS, MASSACHUSETTS, 1950-1979 



Year 



CASH INCOME FROM FARM MARKETING 



Crops 



1979 



137,838 



Livestock & 



Livestock 



Products 



Total 

 Crops and 

 Livestock 



126.957 



119,563 



104,608 



91,117 



85,340 



100,594 

 109,106 

 105,056 

 134,613 



117,881 



(000) Dollars 



181,609 

 172,460 

 164,729 

 160,241 

 156,930 



201 ,498 

 219,375 

 223,755 

 246,603 



255,719 



Government 

 Payments 



559 

 438 

 672 

 645 

 619 



593 

 599 

 575 

 773 



592 



Total 

 Marketings 

 & Government 

 Payments 



182,168 

 172,898 

 165,401 

 160,886 

 157,549 



202,091 

 219,974 

 224,330 

 247,376 



256,311 



REALIZED GROSS AND NET INCOME FROM FARMING: MASSACHUSETTS, 1950-1979 



ITEM 



1950 



1955 



1960 



1965 



1970 



1975 



1977 



1978 



1979 



Million Dollars 



Government Payments 

 Non-Money Income 

 Other Farm Income 

 Gross Farm Income 



Farm Production Expenses 



Realized Net Farm Income 

 Net Change Farm Inventories 



Total Net Farm Income 



Estimated Number Farms (000) 



Average Net Farm Income (dollars) 1,797 2,750 



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