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



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



Percent change 



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Fstrms with sales of $10,000 or more 



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 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 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.. 



Uvestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 



Hens and pullets of laying age farms.. 



number.. 

 Selected crops han/ested: 



Com for grain or seed farms.. 



acres.. 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms., 



acres.. 



Wheat for grain farms., 



acres., 



Soytwans 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- 



-12.8 

 -5.7 



-14.1 



-13.6 



-3.3 



-14.4 



-14.9 



18.1 

 10.1 



-12.8 

 -1.7 



-16.3 

 -6.7 



-16.7 

 4.0 



-33.5 

 14.9 



-10.S 



1Z.0 



-14.6 



7.1 

 -15.1 



6.4 



-13.3 



-19.6 



-5.3 



5.1 



-15.9 

 30.1 

 -7.3 



-27.7 



-24.2 

 -13.6 

 -25.0 

 15.3 

 -38.9 

 8.3 



-18.4 

 -22.8 

 3.3 

 -23.0 

 -33.0 

 -30.7 



-14.6 

 -8.B 



-8.9 



5.2 



-10.1 



10.2 

 -11.4 



-2.2 



1.9 

 1.9 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 .7 

 1.0 



.7 



.8 



.9 



1.2 



1.4 



1.4 



1.3 



.9 



.2 

 .2 

 .3 

 .5 

 .3 

 .3 



.1 

 .1 

 5.3 

 3.0 

 .2 

 .2 



.3 

 .3 



.2 

 .2 

 .5 

 .4 

 .4 

 .5 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



