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Farm Indexes, 1975–2006

(1990–1992 = 100)

Year	Prices paid by farmers¹	Prices rec'd by farmers²	Ratio³
1975	47	73	155
1980	75	98	131
1985	86	91	106
1990	99	104	105
1991	100	100	99
1992	101	98	97
1993	103	101	98
1994	106	100	94
1995	109	102	93
1996	115	112	98
1997	118	107	91
1998	115	102	89
1999	115	96	83
2000	120	96	80
2001	123	102	83
2002	124	98	79
2003	128	107	84
2004	134	119	89
2005	141	116	82
2006⁴	146	114	78

1. Commodities and services, interest, taxes, and wage rates.

2. All farm products.

3. Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid by farmers. May not compute directly due to rounding.

4. As of April 28, 2006.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Web: www.usda.gov .

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