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



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



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Farms - number.. 



Land In farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings V 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres. . 



Harvested cropland - farms.. 



acres.. 



Irngaled land- - farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of aqncullura! products sold farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Crops, includinq nursery and greentiouse 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 purctiased farms.. 



$1,000- 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms-- 



$1,000-. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms-- 



$1,000-- 



Commercial fertilizer^ farms-- 



$1,000- 

 Agncuttural ctiemicals^ farms-- 



$1,000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 IntereaP- 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 fiarvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms.- 



acres-- 



Sorgtium for grain or seed farms-- 



acres-- 



Wtieat 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.. 



-10.6 

 -21 8 

 18.4 



-11,4 

 -12.2 

 -40.9 

 -23.9 

 -40.2 

 -16.5 



-28.7 

 -24.5 

 -40.4 

 -48.3 

 -53.2 

 -67.0 



-21.7 

 -17.1 

 -3.9 

 30.1 



47.8 

 -3.0 

 23.5 

 -16.6 

 -12.6 



-8.0 

 -34.4 

 -19.7 

 -28.4 

 -16.3 



-16.3 

 -22.4 

 -43.1 

 -50.6 

 -50.6 

 -67.2 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



