Dashboards
Dashboards by Select Subject
Net Cash Farm Income
The USDA provides data on Net Cash Farm Income, which is a primary measure of the farm profitability. It is calculated as gross cash income minus total cash expenses. Gross cash income includes cash receipts from crop and livestock sales, government payments, and other farm-related income. Cash expenses include operating costs like seed, fertilizer, feed, fuel, hired labor, and interest on debt.
Commodity Sales
(State-Level)
Total commodity sales are commonly reported in the USDA Census of Agriculture as the Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold. It represents the gross market value before taxes and production expenses of all agricultural products sold or removed from the place in the census year. It excludes the value of items consumed on the farm and any government payments received.
Commodity Sales
(County-Level)
The USDA also reports commodity sales by county, aggregating production into total crop and animal sectors, and measuring each sector by the market value of sales and the total number of farm operations. The crop sector includes fruits, tree nuts, vegetables, grains, field crops, hay, nursery, greenhouse, and floriculture products. The animal sector includes cattle, hogs, pigs, sheep, goats, wool, poultry, eggs, aquaculture, equine, and other livestock or specialty animals (e.g., honey bees).
Farm Labor
The USDA tracks farm labor through the semi-annual Agricultural Labor Survey and the Census. The farm labor report includes hired workers, reference weeks, and wage rates. Hired workers are all persons paid by the farm operator to perform agricultural training or work on the farm. This includes field workers, livestock workers, supervisors/managers, and other clerical/maintenance workers.
Cash Rents
Cash rents refer to the fixed dollar amount paid per acre for the right to use land for agricultural production, as opposed to payment based on a share of the crop or profits. The USDA conducts the Cash Rents Survey, which provides estimates of cash rent paid for irrigated cropland, non‑irrigated cropland, and pasture.
Fruits and Tree Nuts
Through its survey programs, the USDA tracks and provides metrics for some of the most prominent crops in Hawaiʻi, including bearing acreage, yields, utilized production and unit prices for avocados, coffee, macadamia nuts, and papayas.
Animals & Products
The USDA NASS tracks and publishes regional reports on livestock inventory (cattle for Hawaiʻi) as well as commercial red meat slaughter. Commercial red meat production includes beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton, and is reported as the sum of dressed weights (carcass) rather than live weights. These estimates are derived from federally inspected and state-inspected slaughter facilities and exclude animals slaughtered on-farm for personal use.
Hawaiʻi Cattle Shipment
Hawaiʻi cattle shipments track the movement of cattle, such as bulls, cows, steers, heifers, and calves, between the Hawaiian Islands and from the islands to mainland U.S. states. Typically, bulls and cows are transported to Oahu for slaughter, while steers, heifers, and calves are shipped to mainland states for pasturing and feedlot operations.
Agricultural Land
Hawaiʻi’s agricultural land data from the USDA Census of Agriculture provides a snapshot of how agricultural land is used across the Hawaiian Islands. Land use is categorized into cropland, pastureland, woodland, and other categories, and is also available with county-level breakdowns (Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii County).
Distribution of Cropland
Data from the USDA Census of Agriculture (2022) illustrates the distribution of Hawaiʻi’s cropland across various commodity types, such as fruits and tree nuts, vegetables, field crops, and horticultural crops. Because these categories vary in production systems, the data is presented in different units of measurement.
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In addition, the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) publishes an Agriculture Dashboard on its website that provides a broad Overview of Hawaiʻi’s Agriculture Sector by compiling key indicators on farm production, income, land use, employment, and market activity. The dashboard offers insights into how much local farms produce, how agricultural land is utilized, the economic value generated by farm operations, and the role agriculture plays in supporting jobs. It also highlights long‑term trends and commodity‑level patterns, helping users track changes in Hawaiʻi’s agricultural economy and better understand the sector’s overall contribution to the state.
Click here to visit the DBEDT website.
