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 
34,725 
743 
23.5 
3.1 
16.4 
4.0 
acres 
8,933,457 
142,930 
18.6 
1.4 
15.6 
1.6 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
283 
18 
26.9 
3.1 
19.2 
4.5 
acres 
26,494 
1,658 
26.2 
2.4 
20.8 
3.0 
Rice 
farms 
1 
1 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
64 
10 
21.9 
2.5 
15.2 
4.2 
acres 
1,518 
153 
14.8 
1.3 
11.6 
2.0 
Oats 
farms 
949 
20 
36.7 
3.5 
27.4 
5.8 
acres 
19,769 
733 
43.4 
2.6 
35.6 
5.2 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
17,947 
635 
30.3 
7.4 
15.6 
7.4 
acres 
514,024 
14,603 
22.3 
3.4 
14.6 
4.4 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,370 
75 
28.0 
6.8 
14.4 
6.8 
acres 
69,847 
2,165 
16.8 
1.7 
13.3 
1.8 
Potatoes 
farms 
330 
25 
29.4 
8.2 
14.1 
7.1 
acres 
7,021 
1,750 
1.1 
0.1 
0.9 
0.1 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
587 
45 
30.5 
8.2 
14.0 
8.3 
acres 
702 
45 
12.9 
2.2 
8.3 
2.4 
Sweet corn 
farms 
540 
28 
24.1 
5.3 
13.2 
5.6 
acres 
18,227 
1,262 
15.1 
1.6 
11.7 
1.8 
Lettuce 
farms 
97 
15 
30.9 
9.7 
12.6 
8.6 
acres 
45 
7 
20.9 
6.6 
9.5 
4.9 
Land in orchards 
farms 
926 
92 
33.2 
11.8 
13.1 
8.3 
acres 
5,743 
526 
17.4 
4.5 
9.5 
3.4 
Apples 
farms 
460 
55 
33.0 
11.7 
13.1 
8.3 
acres 
2,146 
258 
13.8 
3.1 
8.3 
2.4 
Grapes 
farms 
421 
52 
34.4 
12.9 
13.0 
8.5 
acres 
1,197 
196 
26.4 
8.2 
12.7 
5.5 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
2 
1 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in berries 
farms 
473 
53 
36.4 
12.3 
14.7 
9.4 
acres 
749 
66 
27.8 
7.3 
14.6 
5.9 
' 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 
