Table A. Summary of State Coverage, Nonresponse, and Misclassification Adjustments: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Standard 
error 
Adjustment 
as percent 
of total 
Percent of total 
adjustment 
from coverage 
Percent of total 
adjustment from 
nonresponse 
Percent of total 
adjustment from 
misclassification 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
21,905 
431 
24.7 
5.2 
16.8 
2.6 
acres 
5,144,179 
52,221 
17.2 
2.1 
14.2 
0.9 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
64 
7 
9.4 
1.8 
6.6 
1.0 
acres 
7,282 
345 
0.7 
0.1 
0.5 
(Z) 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
38 
4 
26.3 
6.0 
16.8 
3.5 
acres 
760 
185 
17.9 
2.5 
14.1 
1.4 
Oats 
farms 
538 
23 
33.6 
6.4 
23.7 
3.6 
acres 
4,874 
225 
23.5 
3.7 
17.6 
2.1 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
20,442 
785 
29.0 
10.3 
14.6 
4.1 
acres 
510,435 
12,014 
14.4 
3.6 
9.0 
1.8 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,376 
118 
25.4 
8.4 
13.4 
3.6 
acres 
37,498 
2,175 
3.5 
0.5 
2.7 
0.3 
Potatoes 
farms 
339 
34 
28.6 
10.0 
14.3 
4.3 
acres 
3,539 
169 
2.1 
0.2 
1.8 
0.1 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
687 
77 
25.5 
8.9 
12.8 
3.7 
acres 
10,410 
198 
1.4 
0.2 
1.1 
0.1 
Sweet corn 
farms 
558 
42 
24.9 
7.9 
13.7 
3.3 
acres 
6,050 
173 
4.5 
0.7 
3.6 
0.3 
Lettuce 
farms 
60 
9 
30.0 
10.6 
14.5 
4.9 
acres 
20 
4 
26.2 
7.8 
14.2 
4.3 
Land in orchards 
farms 
588 
76 
30.1 
13.3 
12.5 
4.2 
acres 
3,386 
262 
13.2 
4.4 
7.4 
1.5 
Apples 
farms 
379 
40 
31.1 
13.3 
13.4 
4.4 
acres 
1,809 
149 
9.7 
2.8 
6.0 
0.9 
Grapes 
farms 
198 
31 
30.3 
14.9 
10.9 
4.5 
acres 
617 
51 
14.2 
5.6 
7.0 
1.6 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries 
farms 
488 
66 
29.5 
12.0 
13.6 
3.9 
acres 
1,172 
84 
13.5 
4.1 
8.1 
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 
