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



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



All farms 



Percent change 



Standard error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Percent change 



Standard error of estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



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 'or grain or seed farms.. 



acres.. 



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 text) farms.. 



acres.- 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land in orchards farms.. 



acres.. 



6.0 

 -12.1 



B.7 

 -5.4 



8.5 

 -2,1 



18,3 

 2,0 



6.0 

 9.2 



6,8 

 9,3 



-1.0 



8.7 



-18.2 



-2.4 



-3,3 

 -13.4 

 -8.2 

 2.6 

 33.5 

 27.4 



11,6 

 -8.2 

 25.8 

 11.1 

 -3.7 

 32.1 

 -96 

 29.0 



-3,6 



-12,8 



.3 



-3,0 



-10,6 



(D) 



-100.0 

 -100.0 



60.0 

 247.5 

 -4.8 

 19,5 

 16.6 

 44.8 



.9 



.2 

 1.3 



.3 

 3.4 



.2 



1.5 

 .4 

 2.6 

 2.8 

 3,1 

 (D) 



22.8 



11.6 

 1,6 

 1,7 

 1.4 

 1.1 



15,4 

 -12,0 



-35.2 



18.1 

 -7.9 

 18.4 

 -3.0 



25,5 

 2,0 



15,4 

 9,3 



18.3 

 9.3 



-3.2 

 9,2 



-9,6 



-2,2 



6.6 



-14.0 



-2.5 



3.0 

 36,0 

 27.4 



21.8 



-9.1 

 27.1 

 9.5 

 3.4 

 32.0 

 -4.7 

 28.5 



-3.4 



-12.1 



3.0 



.2 



-7.0 



(D) 



-100.0 

 (D) 



133.3 

 (D) 

 169 

 25,0 

 30,1 

 47.6 



.9 



.2 

 1.0 

 .1 



1.1 

 .1 



.8 

 .1 



1.0 



.1 



1.7 

 .3 



4.0 

 .2 



2.0 

 .3 

 3.8 

 3.1 

 4.6 

 (D) 



(D) 



35.0 

 (D) 

 2.2 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 ,8 



'Data are based on a sample of farms, 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications, 



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



C-8 APPENDIX C 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



