Table c Reliability Estimates of U.S. Totals: 1987-Con. 



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



All farms 



Total 

 (number) 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



Farms witti sales of $10,000 or more 



Total 

 (number) 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



Sales by commodity or commodity group— Con. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops— Con. 



Cotton and cottonseed... $1.000.. 



Tobacco $1.000.. 



Hay. silage, and field seeds - $1.000.. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons $1.000.. 



Fruits, nuts, and berries $1.000.. 



Nursery and greenhouse crops $1.000.. 



Other crops -. $1.000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Poultry and poultry products $1,000.. 



Dairy products - $1.000.. 



Cattle and calves — $1.000.. 



Hogs and pigs $1.000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool $1,000.. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text) $1.000.. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (011) - farms- 

 acres.. 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) farms.. 



acres. - 



Vegetables and melons (016) - farms.. 



acres.. 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) _ — farms., 



acres.. 



Horticultural specialties (018) farnis.. 



acres.. 



General farms, phmanty crop (019) farms.. 



acres.. 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021)... farms.. 



acres.. 

 Dairy farms (024) farms.. 



acres.. 

 Poultry and eggs (025) farms.. 



acres.. 



Animal specialties (027) farms,. 



acres.. 

 General farms, pnmanly livestock and animal specialties (029) farms.. 



acres.. 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres.. 



Corporation _.. farms.. 



acres.. 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. farms. - 

 acres.- 



Tenure of operator: 

 Full owners farms.. 



acres.. 

 Part owners farr^s.. 



acres.. 

 Tenants farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farming farms.. 



acres.. 



Other farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators by sex: 



fvlale farms.. 



acres.. 



Female farms.. 



acres.. 

 Average age of operator years. . 



Cropland under federal acreage reduction programs: 

 Annual commodity acreage adjustment programs farms.. 



acres.. 

 Conservation reserve program farms.. 



acres.. 



Government payments; 



Amount received in cash $1.000.. 



Value of certificates received $1.000.. 



Net cash return Irom agricultural sales': 



Net cash return from aghcultural sales for the farm unit (see text) farms.. 



$1.000., 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms with net gains^ number., 



$1.000., 



Farms with net losses _ numt)er. 



$1,000. 



Total farm production expenses' farms. 



$1,000. 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms. 



$1,000. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms. 



$1,000. 



4 207 891 



1 745 417 



2 598 615 



4 698 083 

 7 084 018 



5 774 391 

 4 482 146 



1 379 070 

 77 117 431 

 12 758 270 

 16 029 195 

 35 876 720 



9 890 644 

 791 219 



1 771 383 



458 396 



247 333 797 



243 626 



73 141 922 



28 801 



5 691 805 



88 323 

 9 713 039 



31 469 

 1 976 364 



57 888 

 20 582 262 



892 267 



520 675 461 



138 311 



44 006 857 



38 494 



4 941 114 



87 855 



8 917 131 



22 327 



27 490 873 



1 809 324 



627 559 205 



199 559 



153 283 239 



66 969 



119 375 386 



11 907 



64 252 795 



1 238 547 



317 787 149 

 609 012 



519 814 523 

 240 200 



126 868 953 



.06 

 .09 

 .07 

 .04 

 .05 

 (Z) 

 .04 



.02 

 .01 

 .02 

 .04 

 .02 

 .05 

 .09 

 .16 



.06 

 .10 

 .07 

 .04 

 .05 

 .01 

 .04 



.02 

 .01 

 .02 

 .04 

 .02 

 .06 

 .10 

 .18 



.05 

 .04 

 .10 

 .07 

 .26 

 .15 



.12 

 .11 

 .01 

 .02 

 .23 

 .17 



.05 

 .03 

 .08 

 .08 

 .10 

 .12 



.34 

 ,36 

 .37 

 .33 



.02 

 .03 

 .09 

 ,05 

 .10 

 .03 

 .43 

 .03 



.04 

 .04 

 .04 

 .03 

 .09 

 .07 



.02 

 .02 

 .07 

 .06 



.01 

 ,02 

 ,18 



,13 

 ,01 



,03 

 ,04 

 ,16 

 ,18 



,04 

 .04 



,03 

 ,15 

 .15 



,08 

 34 



,03 

 .05 

 ,24 

 ,10 

 .15 

 ,09 



See footnotes at end of table. 



C-10 APPENDIX C 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



