The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Farmlands
indicator Name: Major Crop Yields: hay and cotton
page # in printed report: 106
location on page: Lower left
data source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Coverage: all 50 states.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: index value: 1=1975 value
  hay cotton
1950 0.64 0.59
1951 0.68 0.59
1952 0.66 0.62
1953 0.67 0.72
1954 0.68 0.75
1955 0.69 0.92
1956 0.69 0.90
1957 0.77 0.86
1958 0.79 1.03
1959 0.77 1.02
1960 0.81 0.98
1961 0.81 0.97
1962 0.83 1.01
1963 0.82 1.14
1964 0.81 1.14
1965 0.86 1.16
1966 0.87 1.06
1967 0.92 0.99
1968 0.94 1.14
1969 0.98 0.96
1970 0.96 0.97
1971 0.97 0.97
1972 1.00 1.12
1973 1.00 1.15
1974 0.97 0.98
1975 1.00 1.00
1976 0.92 1.03
1977 1.00 1.15
1978 1.07 0.93
1979 1.11 1.21
1980 1.03 0.89
1981 1.11 1.20
1982 1.16 1.30
1983 1.09 1.12
1984 1.13 1.32
1985 1.14 1.39
1986 1.15 1.22
1987 1.13 1.56
1988 0.90 1.37
1989 1.07 1.36
1990 1.11 1.40
1991 1.14 1.44
1992 1.15 1.55
1993 1.14 1.34
1994 1.18 1.56
1995 1.19 1.19
1996 1.13 1.56
1997 1.16 1.49
1998 1.17 1.38
1999 1.17 1.34
2000 1.18 1.40
2001 1.14 1.56
2002 1.08 1.47
2003 1.15 1.61
2004 1.18 1.89