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



[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory texl) 



Standard error ot 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Farms number 



Land in (arms ..acres. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars. 



Total cropland farms, 



acres. 

 Harvested cropland farms, 



acres. 



Irrigated land (arms. 



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 V 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms 



$1,000 

 Feed for livestock and poultry _ (arms 



$1,000 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees (arms 



$1,000 



Commercial (ertilizer^ _._, 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 harvested: 

 Corn for gram or seed farms 



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 tejrt) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms 



acres. 



-11.0 

 -4.2 



20.9 

 -11.5 

 -1.1 



-15.6 

 -7.9 

 -23.7 



-17.0 

 -31.8 

 -100.0 

 (D) 

 -2.1 

 -17,8 



-19.0 



-32 5 



-100.0 



(D) 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Dala for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



