Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978-Con. 



'Data for 1978 are for $10,000 or more, 



2Dala for 1987 include cost of custom applications; data for agricultural chemicals exclude the cost of lime for 1987 and 1982. 



^Data for 1987 exclude cost of custom applications tor commercial fertilizer and agricultural chemicals, 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse 



Table 4. Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales: 1987 



Tarms with total production expenses equal to market value ot agricultural products sold are included as farms with gams ot less than SI, 000. 



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



