Table A. Summary of U.S. Coverage, Nonresponse, and Misclassification Adjustments: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Standard 
error 
Adjustment 
Percent of total 
Percent of total 
Percent of total 
Item 
Total 
as percent 
adjustment 
adjustment from 
adjustment from 
of total 
from coverage 
nonresponse 
misclassification 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
25,794 
727 
26.0 
2.0 
21.0 
2.9 
acres 
12,177,715 
384,487 
20.7 
1.2 
17.8 
1.7 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
302,963 
3,526 
26.1 
3.8 
19.2 
3.1 
acres 
76,104,780 
272,381 
20.7 
1.8 
17.5 
1.5 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
20,037 
480 
28.7 
3.1 
23.1 
2.5 
acres 
5,142,099 
311,794 
26.3 
2.4 
21.6 
2.2 
Rice 
farms 
5,591 
1,260 
25.1 
3.0 
20.1 
1.9 
acres 
2,693,759 
44,185 
20.7 
2.3 
17.3 
1.1 
Cotton 
farms 
18,155 
701 
29.4 
3.1 
22.8 
3.4 
acres 
9,384,080 
237,755 
17.7 
1.3 
14.2 
2.2 
Peanuts 
farms 
6,561 
106 
33.8 
6.6 
21.1 
6.1 
acres 
1,621,631 
20,437 
29.1 
4.1 
19.8 
5.1 
Barley 
farms 
18,667 
572 
27.8 
3.4 
20.9 
3.5 
acres 
3,283,905 
98,505 
21.3 
1.7 
17.5 
2.0 
Oats 
farms 
35,038 
642 
34.5 
5.1 
25.5 
3.9 
acres 
1,078,698 
13,185 
33.0 
3.4 
26.2 
3.3 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
813,583 
7,393 
31.4 
9.2 
16.7 
5.5 
acres 
55,775,162 
542,380 
24.0 
4.1 
16.3 
3.6 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
72,045 
3,682 
34.8 
15.4 
13.2 
6.2 
acres 
4,180,891 
59,062 
9.9 
2.5 
6.2 
1.2 
Potatoes 
farms 
21,079 
1,031 
32.3 
15.1 
11.8 
5.4 
acres 
1,168,199 
16,067 
8.6 
2.7 
5.0 
0.8 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
32,383 
1,868 
34.9 
16.1 
12.6 
6.2 
acres 
397,656 
14,589 
4.8 
1.5 
2.7 
0.6 
Sweet corn 
farms 
25,632 
937 
30.4 
12.2 
12.6 
5.6 
acres 
572,068 
9,074 
10.1 
2.2 
7.0 
1.0 
Lettuce 
farms 
5,757 
540 
39.7 
19.8 
13.9 
6.1 
acres 
323,359 
21,321 
5.3 
1.2 
3.5 
0.6 
Land in orchards 
farms 
106,488 
3,703 
32.3 
12.5 
13.3 
6.5 
acres 
5,199,729 
83,020 
15.3 
3.5 
9.9 
1.9 
Apples 
farms 
25,129 
758 
33.4 
15.0 
13.0 
5.4 
acres 
384,237 
10,372 
14.1 
4.0 
9.0 
1.1 
Grapes 
farms 
27,878 
809 
31.5 
13.3 
13.1 
5.1 
acres 
1,139,146 
22,742 
16.8 
3.8 
11.3 
1.6 
Oranges 
farms 
9,437 
691 
26.1 
9.2 
11.1 
5.8 
acres 
670,386 
14,385 
6.7 
1.5 
4.5 
0.7 
Almonds 
farms 
7,052 
261 
28.2 
8.5 
15.2 
4.6 
acres 
936,248 
35,784 
16.8 
3.3 
11.8 
1.7 
Land in berries 
farms 
30,538 
939 
33.0 
15.6 
13.0 
4.4 
acres 
289,913 
4,911 
13.3 
4.7 
7.3 
1.3 
' Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
^ Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
A -22 APPENDIX A 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
