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



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



Item 



Percent change 



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Percent ctiange 



Standard error of estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildingsV 



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 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 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.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 



Hens and pullets of laying age farms.. 



numt)er.. 

 Selected crops harvested: 



Com for grain or seed farms.. 



acres.. 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms.. 



acres-- 



Wheat 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.. 



2.0 

 -.6 



-3.0 



.9 



-2.7 



(Z) 



-20.4 



.2 

 -23.4 



2.0 

 18.0 



-4.8 

 -2.1 

 2.1 

 28.3 

 -16.4 

 48.3 



-2.9 

 33.1 

 -4.7 

 .2 

 1.9 

 -2.2 



6.8 

 -7.7 

 51.4 

 18.0 

 -4.2 

 31.2 



8.9 

 -20.0 



-.9 



3.2 



-18.6 



-5.7 



-21.8 



25.6 



-.7 

 11.8 

 -21.7 

 -44.6 

 -14.4 

 -28.3 



-65.5 

 -76.1 



7.1 

 14.1 

 -5.7 

 -4.3 

 12.9 

 -10.4 



.1 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 



.3 

 .2 



.1 

 (Z) 



.2 

 .1 

 .1 

 (Z) 

 .4 

 .1 



1.1 



.5 



.5 



.5 



1.0 



1.0 



.8 

 .9 

 1.5 

 1.3 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 .8 



7.9 

 .4 



-9.8 



6.0 



-1.5 



3.7 



-21.1 



-1.1 

 -23.4 



7.9 

 19.4 



-3.8 

 -1.5 

 13.5 

 30.5 

 -7.5 

 48.9 



22.1 

 36.7 

 12.8 

 2.4 

 3.0 

 -1.4 



12.9 

 -7.3 

 29.1 

 15.3 



4.3 

 35.9 



7.0 

 -23.0 



12.6 



9.4 



-7.6 



.3 



-13.0 



28.0 



16.0 



13.5 

 -19.8 

 -44.7 

 -12.4 

 -28.5 



-66.1 

 -76.0 



18.3 

 19.3 



7.9 

 -1.8 



9.8 

 -13.4 



.1 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 



.2 

 .2 



.1 

 (Z) 



.2 

 .1 

 .1 

 (Z) 

 .6 

 .1 



1.8 

 .5 

 .9 

 .5 

 1.0 

 1.1 



1.0 

 1.0 

 1.4 

 1.3 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 .8 



.2 

 .1 

 .7 

 .6 

 .6 

 .3 



.5 

 .4 

 .2 

 .1 

 .2 

 .2 



.4 

 .2 



.2 

 .3 

 .9 

 .4 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



3Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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