Table D. Reliability Estimates of Percent Change in U.S. Totals: 1982 to 1987 



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



Item 



Percent change 



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Percent change 



Standard 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.. 



I^^arket value of agricultural 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'; 

 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-. 

 Agricultural chemicals' 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 harvested; 



Corn for grain or seed .farms.. 



acres.. 



Sorghum for gram or seed farms.. 



acres -- 



Wheat for grain 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. . 



-6.8 

 -2.3 



-16.3 



-8.1 



-.5 



-9.2 



-13.5 



4.8 

 -5.3 



-6.8 

 3.1 



-9.8 



-5.3 

 -9.1 

 10.7 

 -24.6 

 30.2 



-10.6 

 12.6 

 -13.2 

 3.1 

 -7.1 

 6.9 



-4.5 



-13.1 



12.2 



9.5 



-5.9 



28.7 



-3.3 



-30.1 



-13.2 



-8.3 



-26.2 



-5.6 



-33.3 



1.9 



-12.2 

 -16.0 

 -4.3 

 -23.0 

 -21.0 

 -24.9 



-13.6 

 -14.7 



-5.4 

 2.2 



-12.0 



4.1 

 -2.6 

 -4.0 



.02 

 .03 

 .02 

 .03 



.06 

 .05 



.02 

 .02 



.03 

 .02 

 .03 

 .03 

 .02 

 .04 



-7.3 

 2.2 



-8.6 



-.7 



-9.6 



-13.9 



6.8 

 -5.0 



-7.3 

 3,6 



-10.9 

 -5.0 

 -8.4 

 11.4 



-18.2 

 30.5 



-1.7 

 14.0 

 -8.2 



4.2 

 -8.8 



7.2 



-5.6 



-13.7 



2.2 



8.4 



-3.6 



31.3 



-8.1 



-31.8 



-10.5 

 -5.6 



-21.1 

 -4.6 



-32.0 

 2.7 



-10.8 

 -16.1 

 -7.0 

 -23.7 

 -20.9 

 -25.4 



-12.1 

 -14.4 



-7.3 

 2.3 

 -.4 

 5.7 

 5.3 



-2.3 



.02 

 .03 



.02 

 .03 

 .02 

 .02 



.07 

 .05 



.02 

 .01 



.03 

 .02 

 .03 

 .02 

 .02 

 .04 



.35 

 .19 

 .20 

 .15 

 .15 

 .23 



.15 

 .17 

 .18 

 .23 

 .26 

 .22 

 .21 

 .17 



.03 

 .03 

 .07 

 .06 

 .11 

 .05 



.04 

 .03 

 .11 

 .09 

 .04 

 .05 



.04 

 .04 



.03 

 .05 

 .16 

 .09 

 .13 

 .08 



'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. 



C-12 APPENDIX C 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



