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 en^or of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Famis number. 



Land In farms acres. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars. 



Total cropland farms- 



acres. 



Harvested cropland farms- 



acres- 



Imgaled 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_. 

 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. 



number. 

 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.. 



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. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



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



-10.3 

 -18.3 

 -15.0 



-2.4 

 -4.5 

 21.8 



-18.8 

 -18.6 

 -21.1 

 -5.8 

 -36.7 

 -22.2 



-9.2 



-19.5 

 34.9 



23.6 



-10.4 

 -32.9 



-5.2 

 -37.1 

 -21.6 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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