USDA Revenues

This fact sheet provides a compendium of the revenues that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) collects from nonfederal sources for its products and services. In summary, more than 99 percent of these funds come from the following six USDA agencies: the Forest Service, the Agriculture Marketing Service, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food Safety Inspection Service, the Federal Grain Inspection Service, and the Soil Conservation Service. In fiscal year 1992, USDA collected an estimated $1.85 billion from nonfederal sources. The compendium presents information in a common format for 58 revenue-producing products and services administered by the six agencies.

GAO found that: (1) information on USDA revenues was not readily available because it was not centrally maintained, and was described in terms of funds received, such as reimbursables or user fees, rather than in products; (2) six USDA agencies collected 99 percent of revenues from nonfederal sources, with the Forest Service collecting 79 percent of the total revenues; and (3) in fiscal year 1992, USDA collected approximately $1.85 billion from nonfederal sources. GAO presented a detailed description of various nonfederal revenue sources.