The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Farmlands
indicator Name: Agricultural Inputs and Outputs: Inputs per Unit of Output
page # in printed report: 107
location on page: upper
data source: USDA Economic Research Service. Coverage: all 50 states.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original 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
Year Fertilizer Pesticides Energy Labor Durable goods Land
1948 0.59 0.16 1.02 3.71 0.69 1.91
1949 0.61 0.19 1.13 3.63 0.81 1.92
1950 0.75 0.24 1.17 3.50 0.94 1.93
1951 0.70 0.19 1.15 3.21 1.00 1.85
1952 0.71 0.19 1.17 3.01 1.05 1.79
1953 0.67 0.23 1.18 2.83 1.09 1.77
1954 0.69 0.26 1.17 2.74 1.14 1.75
1955 0.67 0.34 1.17 2.69 1.12 1.69
1956 0.67 0.45 1.16 2.53 1.13 1.66
1957 0.68 0.33 1.16 2.40 1.13 1.66
1958 0.64 0.37 1.07 2.16 1.05 1.56
1959 0.72 0.48 1.05 2.09 1.02 1.50
1960 0.85 0.49 1.04 1.98 1.00 1.45
1961 0.86 0.66 1.05 1.91 0.98 1.44
1962 0.77 0.71 1.05 1.86 0.95 1.41
1963 0.85 0.63 1.03 1.75 0.91 1.36
1964 0.97 0.66 1.05 1.66 0.93 1.37
1965 1.01 0.70 1.04 1.58 0.92 1.33
1966 1.19 0.76 1.07 1.48 0.95 1.32
1967 1.08 0.98 1.03 1.36 0.95 1.26
1968 0.89 0.88 1.01 1.29 0.98 1.23
1969 0.86 0.92 1.01 1.25 0.97 1.19
1970 1.07 1.03 1.02 1.24 0.99 1.17
1971 0.96 1.05 0.93 1.14 0.94 1.08
1972 0.95 1.30 0.92 1.12 0.93 1.06
1973 0.99 1.15 0.89 1.08 0.91 1.00
1974 1.18 1.17 0.90 1.06 1.02 1.06
1975 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
1976 1.16 1.18 1.11 0.97 1.01 0.99
1977 0.96 1.01 1.10 0.89 0.99 0.94
1978 0.96 1.29 1.14 0.83 0.99 0.93
1979 0.95 1.44 0.97 0.77 0.96 0.87
1980 1.24 1.49 0.98 0.77 1.03 0.90
1981 0.97 1.41 0.86 0.71 0.95 0.82
1982 0.71 1.32 0.79 0.66 0.90 0.78
1983 0.85 1.36 0.89 0.76 1.00 0.90
1984 0.77 1.43 0.81 0.66 0.84 0.79
1985 0.79 1.31 0.69 0.59 0.76 0.75
1986 1.04 1.34 0.67 0.57 0.73 0.77
1987 0.82 1.46 0.73 0.55 0.66 0.75
1988 0.70 1.30 0.76 0.59 0.65 0.78
1989 0.61 1.42 0.70 0.54 0.58 0.72
1990 0.76 1.33 0.67 0.52 0.54 0.69
1991 0.72 1.46 0.66 0.53 0.52 0.68
1992 0.70 1.39 0.63 0.48 0.48 0.64
1993 0.71 1.42 0.66 0.48 0.49 0.67
1994 0.69 1.34 0.61 0.44 0.43 0.60
1995 0.66 1.29 0.67 0.48 0.43 0.63
1996 0.66 1.39 0.64 0.45 0.41 0.60
1997 0.71 1.42 0.63 0.43 0.39 0.58
1998 0.68 1.36 0.63 0.41 0.38 0.57
1999 0.68 1.27 0.63 0.42 0.37 0.55

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