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



[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text} 



Percent change 



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or nr>ore 



Farms - - numt)er.. 



Land In farms acres.. 



Value ot land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Total cropland--- farms.. 



acres- . 



Harvested cropland farms-. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agncultural products sold farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Poultry and poultry products _ farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Selected farm production expenses V 

 Livestock and poultry purchased 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 chemicals' farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm latx)r 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 harvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms-. 



acres.. 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms.. 



acres.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres.. 



Soyt>eans 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-. 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data lor 1 987 include cost of custom applications 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse 



-27.6 



-7.3 



-88 

 -21 

 -11.3 



18.2 

 -35.0 



-1.8 



-13.1 

 27.7 



-15.1 

 -3.6 



-15.1 

 36.0 

 31.6 



-26.8 

 -112 

 -30.7 



-108 

 -19 



-259 



-13.3 

 -21.6 

 -12.6 

 18.5 

 -37.2 



-89 

 28.0 

 -11.8 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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