Table C. Estimates of Reliability of U.S. Totals for Selected Items: 1982 



IFor meaning of abbreviations and syniibols, see introductory text) 



Total 

 (number) 



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. 



Market value of agricultural products sold farms. 



$1,000, 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products 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. 

 Livestock and poultry sales: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens farms. . 



number. , 

 Crops: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. . 



acres. . 

 bushels. . 



Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. . 

 bushels. . 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms. . 



acres. . 

 bushels. . 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. . 

 bushels. . 

 Hay -alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass 



silage, green chop, etc. (see text! farm. . 



acres. . 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. . 



acres. . 



Land in orchards farms. . 



acres. . 

 Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms. . 



$1,000. . 



Feed (or livestock and poultry farms. . 



$1,000. . 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms. 



$1,000. . 



Commercial fertilizer farms. 



$1,000. . 



Other agricultural chemicals farms. . 



$1,000. . 



Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. . 



Energy and petroleum products farms. . 



$1,000. . 



Interest expense farms. 



$1,000. . 

 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment 



on place' farms. . 



$1,000. . 



2,240,976 



986,796,579 



345,869 



2,010,609 



445,362,028 



1,809,756 



326,306,462 



278,277 



49,002,433 



2,240,976 



131,900,223 



1,357,443 



62,256,087 



1,516,853 



69,644,136 



114,071 



9,796,927 



1,354,992 



104,475,827 



329,833 



55,366,205 



212,608 



310,515,367 



1,278,609 



71,216,727 



315,095 



94,783,598 



30,100 



3,516,622,889 



715,171 



69,857,993 



7.508,721,493 



446,075 



70,910,293 



2,373,246,659 



93,696 



12,678,843 



725,959,104 



511,229 



64,832,842 



1,989,993,158 



1,050,992 



56,743,836 



69,109 



3,330,637 



123,663 



4,750,667 



755,431 

 17,174,334 

 1,360,243 

 18,591,985 

 1,267,129 

 3,171,752 

 1,443,766 

 7,689,365 

 1,125,436 

 4,282,213 



869,837 

 8,441,180 

 2,224,624 

 9,973,865 

 1,050,104 

 11,668,942 



2,234,365 

 93,662,947 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



0.02 

 0.03 

 0.13 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.04 

 0.03 



0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 



0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 



0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.04 

 0.04 



0.03 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.03 

 0.04 

 0.03 

 0.06 

 0.05 

 0.05 



0.03 



0.03 

 0.02 



0.02 

 0.02 

 0.03 

 0.02 

 0.06 

 0.04 



0.22 

 0.13 

 0.12 

 0.12 

 0.12 

 0.15 

 0,11 

 0.14 

 0.14 

 0.15 



0.19 

 0.13 

 0.05 

 0.10 

 0.16 

 0.17 



0.04 

 0.13 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Total 

 (number) 



1,142,963 



811,280,541 



557,636 



1,083,508 



396,148,576 



1,051,417 



306,242,220 



183,412 



46,860,434 



1,142,963 



128,023,778 



886,215 



60,642,654 



796,728 



67,381,124 



65,242 



9,767,260 



675,509 



89,103,524 



219,088 



53,442,310 



75,833 



306,031,698 



678,726 



64,946,730 



224,940 



92,055,157 



24,114 



3,512,326,522 



546,581 



67,603,094 



7,341,316,392 



367,277 



68,478,845 



2,314,386,644 



80,402 



12,266,450 



710,350,908 



410,441 



62,275,679 



1,931,390,306 



593,535 



46,420,100 



40,051 



3,202,559 



51,437 



4,148,243 



436,356 



16,598,865 



709,719 



17,894,560 



877,336 



3,048,400 



900,740 



7,320,340 



815,919 



4,155,137 



606,221 

 8,155,828 

 1,139,759 

 9,286,502 



752,584 

 10,947,898 



1,141,005 

 79,451,157 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



A-14 APPENDIX A 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



