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



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois. see introductory text] 



Percent change 



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms witti sales of $10,000 or more 



Percent change 



Standard error of estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms numlier.- 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Mgated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Matitet value of agricultural products sold farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Uvestoclt. 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 latjor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest^ farms. - 



$1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



numlier.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 



Hens and pullets of laying age farms.. 



numtwr.. 

 Selected crops harvested: 



Com 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.. 



-8.6 

 -.8 



-21.6 



-8.8 



2.0 



-9.3 



-11.8 



22.8 

 28.6 



-8.6 



-3.8 



-10.1 

 -12.8 

 -12.7 

 8.6 

 -27.8 

 26.9 



-8.9 



9.3 



-17.1 



10.4 



-8.3 



.6 



-5.8 



-21.9 



1.4 



56 



-5.0 



29.0 



-3.6 



-28.0 



-17.8 

 -14.0 

 -16.0 

 1.7 

 -33.5 

 27.4 



-9.8 



-18.3 



15.4 



43.6 



-23.0 



-33.8 



-5.8 

 (Z) 



-6.5 

 -1.5 



-15.8 

 6.8 



-13.2 

 -4.6 



1.5 

 1.7 

 .9 

 1.1 

 .6 

 .6 



.6 



.7 

 .8 



1.0 

 1.5 

 1.7 

 1.1 

 .8 



.1 

 3. 



.2 



.4 

 .1 



.1 



.1 



3.1 



5.5 



.2 



.2 



.1 

 .2 



Z 

 .3 

 .8 



1.1 

 1.1 

 2.0 



-9.1 

 -.6 



-22.6 



-9.6 



1.8 



-10.1 



-12.0 



23.4 

 28.3 



-9.1 

 -3.5 



-10.8 

 -12.8 

 -12.5 

 9.2 

 -23.8 

 27.1 



-2.8 



9.9 



-13.0 



11.7 



-9.5 



.5 



-7.2 



-22.5 



-4.5 



4.5 



-5.2 



32.0 



-8.2 



-29.5 



-16.5 

 -12.2 

 -13.0 

 2.2 

 -29.9 

 27.8 



-9.9 



-18.5 



27.2 



46.1 



-22.8 



-33.8 



-6.3 

 .3 



-9.5 

 -3.2 

 -5.2 



10.5 

 4.8 

 1.8 



1.8 

 1.8 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 .5 

 .9 



1.0 

 1.5 

 1.7 

 1.0 



.2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .6 

 .1 



.1 

 .1 

 3.7 

 5.8 

 .2 

 .2 



.1 

 .2 



.2 

 .3 

 1.1 

 1.2 

 2.1 

 2.6 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



'Data (or 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



