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



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Farms number. _ 



Land in (arms acres.. 



Value ot land and buildingsV 



Average per farm. .._ dollars.. 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Irngated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 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.. 

 Agncultural 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.. 



number.. 

 Selected crops han/ested 



Corn for grain or seed farms.. 



acres.. 



Sorghum for gram or seed farms. . 



acres.. 



Wheat for gram 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 sate (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land in orchards _ ,. farms.. 



acres.. 



-3.5 

 -18.6 

 18,5 

 -7.1 

 -31.2 



-17.5 

 -13.3 

 -29.0 



10.1 

 -30,9 



-3,2 



-23,0 

 -30,3 

 42.9 

 58.6 

 -1,3 

 5,7 



-18.9 

 -6,2 

 -20,4 

 -14,2 



-22,8 

 -26.0 

 -10.7 



-20,9 

 -31,5 

 -14,5 



-4,7 

 -20,1 



20,3 

 -10,0 

 -33.0 



-17,2 

 -11.4 

 -26.9 



12.3 

 -31.2 



-2.7 



-27.1 

 -31.8 

 16.7 

 31.2 

 -8.6 

 2.8 



'Data are based on a sample of farms 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



