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 
2,968 
3.5 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
325 
20.2 
acres 
2,168,021 
2.1 
acres 
9,300 
67.1 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
678 
3.5 
Potatoes 
farms 
179 
25.0 
acres 
549,532 
2.4 
acres 
8,682 
70.6 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
4,133 
3.7 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
137 
14.4 
acres 
2,909,910 
2.1 
acres 
39 
11.5 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
45 
16.9 
Sweet corn 
farms 
105 
20.1 
acres 
6,983 
12.8 
acres 
122 
24.2 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
Lettuce 
farms 
29 
21.9 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
11 
15.8 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
324 
9.1 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
1,168 
6.9 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
Apples 
farms 
160 
9.7 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
347 
31.7 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
Grapes 
farms 
35 
39.5 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
43 
39.8 
Barley 
farms 
2,236 
3.8 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
778,521 
4.0 
acres 
- 
- 
Oats 
farms 
280 
13.1 
Almonds 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
17,084 
15.7 
acres 
- 
- 
Land in berries 
farms 
81 
12.6 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
acres 
42 
10.0 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
11,728 
5.7 
acres 
2,267,198 
3.0 
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 
