DATA PRODUCTS 
The 2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 
report and other census products are available on the 
NASS website at www.agcensus.usda.gov. 
SUBJECT SERIES REPORTS AND CUSTOM 
TABULATIONS 
Subject series reports such as the 2012 Census of 
Agriculture Farm Typology report provide 
supplemental information to the 2012 Census of 
Agriculture. Results are published in print and on the 
internet. 
Custom-designed tabulations may be developed 
when data are not published elsewhere. These 
tabulations are developed to individual user 
specifications on a cost-reimbursable basis and 
shared with the public. Quick Stats, NASS’ s online 
database that allows data users to build customized 
queries, should be investigated before requesting a 
custom tabulation. 
All NASS publications and custom tabulations are 
subject to a thorough disclosure review prior to 
release to prevent the disclosure of any individual 
respondent data. Requests for custom tabulations can 
be submitted via the internet from the NASS home 
page, by mail, or by e-mail to: 
DataLab 
National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Room 5307 
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20250 - 2054 
or 
Datalab@nass.usda.gov 
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 
The following abbreviations and symbols are used 
throughout the tables: 
Represents zero. 
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for 
individual farms. 
(Z) Less than half the unit shown, 
cwt Hundredweight. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Introduction V 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
