Table B. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Coefficient 
of variation 
(percent) 
Item 
Total 
Coefficient 
of variation 
(percent) 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
9,946 
8.5 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
492 
20.5 
acres 
4,291,939 
2.1 
acres 
10,090 
30.3 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
- 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
185 
24.0 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
489 
(H) 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
- 
- 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
306 
26.7 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
176 
18.7 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1,039 
4.3 
Sweet corn 
farms 
165 
22.0 
acres 
259,921 
2.7 
acres 
758 
12.1 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
954 
4.1 
Lettuce 
farms 
14 
35.2 
acres 
200,532 
2.8 
acres 
4 
50.1 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
2,736 
3.0 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
105,728 
5.2 
Cotton 
farms 
451 
5.1 
Apples 
farms 
116 
20.7 
acres 
139,740 
2.6 
acres 
124 
37.8 
Peanuts 
farms 
166 
12.2 
Grapes 
farms 
187 
14.2 
acres 
21,926 
7.4 
acres 
456 
16.6 
Barley 
farms 
22 
14.9 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
3,963 
14.0 
acres 
- 
- 
Oats 
farms 
237 
13.7 
Almonds 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
10,139 
4.1 
acres 
- 
- 
Land in berries 
farms 
166 
18.1 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
acres 
345 
15.9 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
32,781 
5.3 
acres 
2,705,150 
8.6 
Farms with 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. 
2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
