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 number. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars 



Total cropland farms. 



Harvested cropland — farms. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold farms. 



$1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops farms 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and tfieir 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. 



Hogs and pigs _ farnis. 



Hens and pullets of laying age __ farms. 



Selected crops han/ested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Sorghum for grain or seed _ farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for gram __ farms. 



acres. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



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 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Oata for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



=Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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