Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 4/17/18

On average, U.S. farmers received 14.8 cents for farm commodity sales from each dollar spent on domestically-produced food in 2016, down from 15.5 cents in 2015, according to a report by USDA’s Economic Research Service.
Known as the farm share, this amount is at its lowest level for the period 1993 to 2016, and coincides with a steep drop in 2016 average prices

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