Table E. Reliability Estimates of Percent Change in State Totals: 1982 to 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Percent change 



Standard error o( 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms witti sales of $10,000 or more 



Percent cfiange 



i error of estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms number,. 



Land in farms .-- _ acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland _ farms.. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Marttet value of agncultural products sold farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Crops, including nursery and greentiouse crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and tfieir products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purctiased farms.. 



$1,000. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Commercial fertilizer' farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Agncultural ctiemicats' farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest^ farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 



Hens and pullets of laying age farms.. 



number.. 

 Selected crops fiarvested; 



Corn for grain or seed _ farms.. 



acres.. 



Sorgfium for grain or seed farms.. 



acres. . 



Wheat for gram farms.. 



acres.. 



Soybeans for beans farms.. 



acres.. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land in orchards farms.. 



acres.. 



-8.6 

 -3.6 



-21 3 



-8.6 

 -1.3 

 -87 

 -7.2 



9.1 

 9.8 



1.1 



.3 

 -.7 



-13.1 

 1.6 



-37.1 

 3.5 



-4.2 



12.3 



-13.2 



11 



-9.2 



64 



-4.4 

 -9.9 

 4.5 

 16.6 



-10.2 

 11.9 

 -8.6 



-24.7 



-15.2 

 -7.2 

 -26.8 

 -11.2 

 -36.9 

 -4.0 



-7.6 

 -14.4 



91.7 

 (D) 



-1.9 

 -20.5 



-.7 

 -10.6 



-6,7 

 6.5 

 -2.0 

 17.3 

 -15.3 

 -5.9 



1.4 

 2.0 

 .6 

 .7 

 .5 

 .7 



.1 

 .1 



.3 

 .4 

 .4 

 .3 



.1 

 .1 

 16.2 

 (D) 

 .5 

 .5 



.5 

 .5 



.1 

 .2 

 .5 

 .5 

 1.1 

 1.7 



-9.3 

 -4.2 



-22.5 



-9.8 



-2.1 



-10.1 



-7.7 



11-3 

 9.4 



-9.3 

 1.4 



-1.4 



-1.0 



-11.1 



1.9 



-38.2 



3.7 



2.1 



13.4 



-10.4 



2.0 

 -10.2 



6,7 



-6.2 



-10.2 



.6 



15.5 

 -10,0 



13.0 

 -11,2 

 -25.5 



-12.0 

 -5.8 

 -24.0 

 -10.5 

 -37.9 

 -2.7 



-8.3 

 -14.9 

 122.2 

 239.6 



-2.5 

 -21.6 



3.9 

 -90 



-9.2 

 6.0 

 3.6 

 19.2 

 -9.9 

 -2,0 



.1 

 .1 



.2 



.2 

 .1 

 .1 

 .6 

 .1 



1.6 

 2.2 

 .6 

 .7 

 .4 

 .7 



.6 

 .7 

 .7 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 1.0 



.1 

 .1 

 .4 

 .4 

 .5 

 .3 



.1 

 .1 

 21.7 

 26.1 

 .6 

 .5 



.6 

 .5 



.1 



.2 



.6 



.5 



1.8 



2.1 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



