Farm prices fell in December.

Farmers received 2.4% less last month, reversing November’s increase and dipping 5.5% below last year’s level. On a scale that assigns 1977 prices a value of 100, the overall farm price index was 121 in December, compared to 124 in November and 128 in December, 1985. The government attributed the decline primarily to lower prices for oranges, tomatoes, broilers, cattle, hogs and turkeys, offset somewhat by higher prices for cotton, strawberries, corn and lettuce.