Farm cash receipts include gross crop and livestock revenues plus program payments. Market receipts from the sale of crops and livestock amounted to $30.3 billion between January and September, down two per cent from the first nine months of 2008. Livestock receipts fell 2.8 per cent to $13.5 billion, while crop receipts declined 1.4 per cent to $16.8 billion.
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