Table A. Estimates of Precision for Puerto Rico Totals: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All Farms 
Relative 
Standard Error 
of Estimate 
FARM-RELATED INCOME 
Income from custom farmwork done for others 
farms 
464 
5 
dollars 
11,288,566 
6.5 
Income from renting out farmland 
farms 
216 
11.8 
dollars 
2,406,796 
3.4 
Income from participation in government farm programs 
farms 
2,241 
2.6 
dollars 
35,351,806 
2.7 
Income from sale of farm by-products or waste materials 
farms 
43 
12 
dollars 
611,359 
0.5 
Other farm-related income 
farms 
248 
5.3 
dollars 
2,678,700 
6.9 
SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Livestock, poultry, and fish purchased 
farms 
2,168 
2.7 
dollars 
24,507,205 
2.8 
Feed purchased for livestock and poultry 
farms 
4,418 
2.1 
dollars 
107,502,439 
3.3 
Medicines and drugs purchased for livestock and poultry 
farms 
3,887 
1.9 
dollars 
8,026,235 
4.1 
Veterinarian services 
farms 
1,336 
2.7 
dollars 
2,287,289 
5.9 
Professional services 
farms 
2,708 
2.2 
dollars 
5,774,613 
4.8 
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees purchased 
farms 
4,636 
2.1 
dollars 
11,500,410 
3.9 
Commercial fertilizer purchased 
farms 
7,696 
1.3 
dollars 
17,826,553 
2.8 
Gasoline and other fuel and oil products purchased 
farms 
10,983 
1 
dollars 
25,220,663 
2 
Wages and salaries paid to employees or hired 
farm workers 
farms 
8,337 
1.1 
dollars 
168,143,549 
4.9 
Contract labor 
farms 
657 
2.9 
dollars 
2,852,309 
3.5 
Machine hire and customwork 
farms 
2,979 
2.3 
dollars 
9,049,513 
2.5 
Agricultural chemicals purchased 
farms 
6,999 
1.4 
dollars 
16,359,448 
4.7 
Machinery and equipment repair and maintenance 
farms 
3,034 
2.8 
dollars 
12,683,427 
2.8 
Building repair and maintenance 
farms 
1,185 
4.5 
dollars 
6,005,981 
3.1 
Water (see text) 
farms 
2,241 
4 
dollars 
2,277,423 
6.7 
Electricity expense (see text) 
farms 
4,750 
2.1 
dollars 
14,152,940 
4.4 
Interest expenses (see text) 
farms 
4,712 
1.8 
dollars 
16,617,408 
3.8 
All other expenses (see text) 
farms 
8,954 
1.1 
dollars 
45,753,671 
3.7 
HIRED FARM WORKERS, AGREGADOS, AND SHARECROPPERS 
Workers who worked 5 months or longer 
farms 
5,034 
1.6 
number 
14,922 
5.8 
Workers who worked less than 5 months 
farms 
4,282 
1.7 
number 
15,200 
3.8 
Agregado and sharecropper families living on 
place December 31 
farms 
1,450 
2.1 
number 
2,277 
1.5 
INVENTORY OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND THEIR PRODUCTS 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
2,522 
2.2 
number 
130,339 
1.9 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
631 
9 
number 
48,262 
3.7 
Horses 
farms 
1,214 
5.2 
number 
10,307 
5.6 
Sheep 
farms 
425 
13.7 
number 
12,539 
21.2 
Goats 
farms 
470 
8.2 
number 
5,655 
2.5 
Rabbits 
farms 
329 
4.2 
number 
15,927 
5.6 
Laying hens (see text) 
farms 
343 
13.4 
number 
304,789 
10.9 
Broilers and other chickens for meat production 
farms 
83 
8.1 
number 
10,359,499 
3 
Fighting cocks 
farms 
949 
5 
number 
34,612 
10.6 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Coffee grown in the shade 
farms 
1,919 
1.9 
cuerdas 
9,337 
3 
cwt 
32,155 
5.2 
Coffee grown without shade 
farms 
3,104 
1.6 
cuerdas 
23,876 
4 
cwt 
94,841 
3.3 
Pineapples 
farms 
106 
7.2 
cuerdas 
330 
5 
tons 
2,186 
3.4 
Plantains 
farms 
4,737 
1.6 
cuerdas 
22,719 
4 
thousands 
405,256 
4.9 
Bananas 
farms 
1,828 
2.4 
cuerdas 
6,639 
2.9 
thousand 
295,488 
3.3 
2012 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A/APENDICE A A - 13 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
