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 
6,230 
325 
24.0 
5.3 
14.8 
3.9 
acres 
1,468,381 
16,029 
7.6 
1.5 
5.4 
0.7 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
67 
5 
13.4 
3.0 
8.5 
2.0 
acres 
4,515 
313 
4.6 
1.2 
2.9 
0.5 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts 
farms 
5 
2 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
119 
11 
22.7 
4.5 
14.4 
3.8 
acres 
7,236 
516 
8.4 
1.5 
6.0 
0.8 
Oats 
farms 
91 
7 
27.5 
4.4 
18.8 
4.3 
acres 
809 
106 
29.4 
5.0 
19.0 
5.4 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
43,757 
1,423 
30.1 
8.8 
15.1 
6.3 
acres 
2,042,156 
59,675 
25.6 
5.1 
15.8 
4.7 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,222 
171 
25.7 
10.4 
9.8 
5.5 
acres 
7,196 
683 
18.7 
6.3 
9.0 
3.4 
Potatoes 
farms 
760 
95 
22.9 
9.4 
8.3 
5.2 
acres 
360 
54 
23.6 
9.6 
9.0 
5.0 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
1,387 
137 
24.2 
10.3 
8.5 
5.4 
acres 
922 
124 
16.4 
6.4 
6.7 
3.3 
Sweet corn 
farms 
1,174 
115 
23.9 
9.5 
8.8 
5.5 
acres 
1,834 
177 
14.7 
5.0 
6.8 
2.8 
Lettuce 
farms 
91 
16 
26.4 
11.7 
9.3 
5.4 
acres 
26 
7 
16.1 
8.1 
5.5 
2.6 
Land in orchards 
farms 
939 
76 
29.4 
12.0 
12.0 
5.4 
acres 
3,092 
213 
22.6 
8.2 
10.3 
4.0 
Apples 
farms 
554 
44 
28.2 
11.6 
11.3 
5.3 
acres 
962 
100 
20.0 
7.2 
9.7 
3.1 
Grapes 
farms 
411 
34 
31.9 
13.0 
13.1 
5.8 
acres 
626 
64 
30.3 
10.8 
13.9 
5.6 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
5 
2 
40.0 
18.3 
17.5 
4.3 
acres 
1 
1 
44.4 
16.5 
23.4 
4.5 
Land in berries 
farms 
844 
62 
25.0 
10.1 
10.8 
4.2 
acres 
866 
98 
21.8 
8.7 
9.6 
3.5 
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. 
2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
A -22 APPENDIX A 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
