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



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



All farms 



Percent cfiange 



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms witti sales of $10,000 or more 



Percent cfiange 



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-- 



Imgated land (afms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agncultural products sold farms— 



$1.000.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse 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 purcfiased .._ 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 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: 



Com for grain or seed farms.. 



acres. . 



Sorghum 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.. 



-4.5 

 -2.2 



-21.2 



-6.2 



-.9 



-7.1 



-13.5 



8.8 

 19.0 



-4.5 

 17.5 



-8.7 



-8.1 

 -4.S 

 41.1 

 -2.4 

 50.9 



-11.1 

 35.2 



-11.5 

 35.7 

 -5.1 



-11.9 



3.6 



-5.9 



32.3 



.9 



-2.2 



20.2 



46 



-29.8 



-9.1 



-9.1 

 -34.0 



16.6 

 -32.9 



-2.3 



7.6 

 1119 

 648 

 41.9 

 -31.0 

 -48.5 



-20.6 

 -24.7 



-3.5 



7.5 



-21.5 



9.7 



-2.5 

 -.9 



1.8 

 1.4 



.e 



1.4 

 1.7 

 1.3 



1.5 

 1.2 

 2.4 

 1.3 

 1.9 

 1.3 

 1.7 

 1.1 



.1 



.5 

 .6 

 .4 

 .3 



1.4 

 1.6 

 .9 

 .7 

 .3 

 .1 



.3 

 .1 



.2 



.3 

 1.1 

 1.7 



1.3 

 2.0 



2.8 

 1.6 



-28.6 



1.0 



1.3 



-16 



-13.7 



7.2 

 19.0 



2.8 

 18.1 



-8.2 

 -7.9 



8.1 

 43.1 



3.2 

 51.0 



7.7 

 41.6 



6.5 



38.3 



-6.9 



-12.0 



5.6 



-6,5 



16.6 



.1 



3.3 



22.8 



-.3 



-33.2 



2.7 



.1 



-24.9 



21.9 



-164 



-2.1 



85.3 

 127.3 

 72.6 

 42.8 

 -28.7 

 -48.4 



-18.1 

 -24.5 



7.0 

 14.4 



4.9 

 20.9 

 -1.1 

 -2.6 



.1 

 .1 

 .2 

 .1 



.3 

 .2 



.1 

 .1 



.2 

 .1 

 .2 

 .2 

 .3 

 .2 



2.4 

 1.5 

 1.4 

 1.4 

 1.6 

 1.4 



1.6 

 1.2 

 2.1 

 1.3 

 2.1 

 1.3 

 1.6 

 1.1 



.2 

 .3 

 .7 

 .6 

 .7 

 .3 



20 

 17 

 1.0 

 .7 

 .3 

 .1 



.2 



.1 



.3 



.5 

 1,6 

 2.0 

 1.8 

 2.3 



'Data are based on a sample of farms, 



2Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications, 



^Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



