Table E. 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 witfi sales of $10,000 or more 



Percent change 



Standard error of estimate 

 (percent) 



Farms number.- 



Land in farms _ acres.. 



Value of land and buildings V 



Average per farm _ dollars-- 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agricullurat products sold farms.. 



11,000.. 



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 latmr 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 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.. 



15.1 

 .4 



14.4 

 2.5 

 10.3 



-1.5 



31.6 

 16.3 



15.1 

 21.0 



17.2 

 54.8 

 1.0 

 -12.3 

 -2.0 

 -9.1 



-4.7 



-.2 



-1.8 



-29.0 



17.5 



3.9 



17.5 

 25.1 

 232 

 49.8 

 -94 

 54.4 

 9.9 

 36.0 



-8.6 



-18.9 



-19.5 



-34.8 



1.7 



5.8 



-7.9 

 -6.5 



(D) 



-100.0 

 (D) 



7.9 

 4.1 

 -.3 

 6.7 

 17.0 

 .5 



6 



.7 

 .6 

 .7 



1.3 

 1.0 



.5 

 .3 



.4 



2.1 



.5 



6.6 

 6.9 

 4.2 

 2.4 



5,7 

 3.4 



40 

 3.7 

 5.0 

 7.5 

 4.3 

 2.8 

 6.5 

 7.6 



.6 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 1.8 



.5 



3.4 

 2.2 



(D) 



(D) 



1.1 

 1.3 

 1.5 

 2.3 



2.1 



4.1 

 -2.9 



71.2 



4.6 

 -1.6 



3.6 

 -5.2 



36.6 

 14.4 



4.1 

 21.S 



18.8 

 56.8 

 -13.6 

 -12.2 

 24.4 

 -8.8 



-12.2 



-2.8 



-23.2 



-32.2 



8.9 



4.0 



9.5 

 26.2 

 12.7 

 52.3 

 -4.0 

 58.1 



2.7 

 33.5 



-22.4 

 -20.1 

 -22.9 

 -35.1 

 5.7 

 7.3 



-4.3 

 -7.4 



(D) 



-100.0 

 (D) 



-12.4 



-1.9 



9.9 



9.8 



18.8 



-1.1 



.5 

 .7 



5.5 



.5 

 .7 

 .6 

 .7 



1.2 

 .8 



.5 

 .2 



.4 

 .8 

 .3 

 3.7 

 .5 



7.9 

 6.7 

 4.7 

 2.2 

 4.8 

 3.5 



3.6 

 3.8 

 4.1 

 7.5 

 4.3 

 2.8 

 6.0 

 7.7 



.8 



.6 



2.5 



2.0 



3.0 



.5 



4.0 

 2.4 



(D) 

 (D) 



(D) 



1.3 

 1.6 

 1.6 

 3.1 

 2.3 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data 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 



