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 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 buildingsV 



Average per farm _ dollars.. 



Total cropland - farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated 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 harvested: 



Corn for gram or seed farms.. 



acres.. 



Sorghum for gram 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. 



4.6 

 -3.9 



-11.9 



-2.2 



-1.8 



-5.0 



-17.3 



-4.4 

 -16.B 



4.6 

 6.7 



1.4 



11.1 



.1 



1.6 

 -40.2 

 -13.0 



-15.8 

 -2.3 

 -8.5 



-12.3 

 -3.5 

 29.3 



2.S 



-14.3 



38.7 



.6 



2.4 



32.8 



11.1 



-25.6 



-7.1 

 -2.5 

 -39.0 

 -15.8 

 -34.6 

 -34.2 



11.4 

 -4.6 

 -68.8 

 -72.0 

 -17.8 

 -27.1 



-14.6 

 12.2 

 -3.2 

 40.5 

 -4.8 

 5 



.5 

 .2 



1.7 



.5 

 .3 

 .5 



.1 



.5 

 .1 



.4 



.1 



.6 



.1 

 .5 

 .1 

 1.6 

 .2 



4.1 

 .7 



2.6 

 .4 



4.2 



2.4 



3.7 

 1.0 

 5.4 

 1.6 

 3.5 

 1.1 

 4.1 

 1.1 



.6 

 .2 



1.4 

 .2 



1.0 

 .1 



3.1 

 1.5 

 .6 

 .2 

 .6 

 .1 



.8 



.4 



1.2 



.1 



1.1 



14.1 

 121,3 



30,9 



10 9 



3,1 



10,2 



-13,8 



10,0 

 -12,9 



14,1 

 96 



12,1 

 13,7 

 5,6 

 4.8 

 -7.0 

 -12.7 



6.3 



-1.8 



9,4 



-11.5 



145 



36.7 



13.5 



-119 



29,1 



2,8 



195 



383 



12,7 



-24,5 



6,1 



10,7 



-174 



-14 1 



-26,5 



(D) 



81,0 

 13.1 

 -67.3 

 (D) 

 -140 

 -24 1 



-8,8 

 229 

 36,7 

 48-3 

 25,9 

 66 



.4 



.5 



3.3 



.4 

 .2 

 .5 



.1 



.5 

 .1 



.4 

 (23 



.6 

 .1 

 .5 

 (Z) 

 4.9 

 .1 



6.6 

 .7 



4.2 

 .4 



4.5 



2.5 



3.6 

 1.1 

 4.3 

 1.7 

 3.4 

 1.2 

 3.8 

 1.0 



.6 



.2 



2.4 



.2 



2.1 



(D) 



4.3 



2.0 



.5 



(D) 



.6 



.1 



'Data are based on a sample of farms 



^Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-11 



