Measuring the Agricultural Supply Chain: Output, Value Added, Employment, and Payroll from Firms Upstream of Farms

Brent Hueth, Richard A. Dunn, Sam Bailey, Anton Babkin and Austin Sandler

No 404932, Economic Research Report from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: U.S. agricultural production relies on a wide array of inputs. Identifying the industries that contribute to the production of these inputs and quantifying the activity that supports the agricultural supply chain provides a more comprehensive accounting of the total contribution of the agricultural supply chain to the U.S. economy. Using input-output (I/O) analysis with 2017 data, we find that economic activity upstream of agricultural production is associated with $570 billion in output value ($515 billion domestically), $241 billion in value added, $119 billion in payroll, and more than 1.5 million jobs. We also identify the commodities that are the most important contributors to upstream agricultural activity, which can inform future research efforts to identify the potential sources of productivity growth in domestic agricultural production and document the spatial distribution of economic activity in the agricultural supply chain.

Keywords: Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Supply Chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2026-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404932

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