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 
5,243 
630 
26.4 
2.3 
22.0 
2.2 
acres 
1,319,274 
169,761 
14.7 
0.9 
13.0 
0.9 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
28,783 
815 
29.1 
2.9 
23.8 
2.5 
acres 
7,005,764 
132,247 
22.0 
1.3 
19.6 
1.1 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
2 
20.0 
2.1 
13.1 
4.8 
acres 
147 
28 
8.8 
1.0 
6.9 
0.9 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
1,003 
40 
31.3 
2.4 
26.1 
2.8 
acres 
99,643 
2,955 
22.6 
1.3 
19.9 
1.3 
Oats 
farms 
4,665 
403 
41.6 
3.7 
33.2 
4.7 
acres 
130,729 
4,363 
41.5 
2.8 
34.6 
4.1 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
26,994 
1,634 
31.7 
6.3 
21.4 
4.0 
acres 
1,499,586 
75,285 
24.4 
2.6 
18.9 
2.9 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,623 
95 
22.3 
3.8 
13.9 
4.6 
acres 
223,828 
2,508 
6.6 
0.5 
5.5 
0.5 
Potatoes 
farms 
559 
35 
26.1 
5.3 
15.1 
5.7 
acres 
48,212 
1,131 
0.1 
(Z) 
0.1 
(Z) 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
569 
37 
30.1 
6.9 
17.7 
5.4 
acres 
335 
25 
19.6 
3.5 
12.5 
3.6 
Sweet com 
farms 
1,658 
67 
21.4 
3.0 
13.2 
5.2 
acres 
106,858 
1,574 
8.7 
0.8 
7.3 
0.7 
Lettuce 
farms 
83 
7 
30.1 
5.9 
18.6 
5.6 
acres 
36 
6 
26.8 
4.3 
19.2 
3.3 
Land in orchards 
farms 
881 
70 
27.4 
10.4 
16.4 
0.6 
acres 
5,043 
393 
19.4 
4.9 
14.0 
0.5 
Apples 
farms 
602 
43 
27.1 
9.6 
16.9 
0.6 
acres 
3,657 
292 
17.1 
3.6 
12.8 
0.7 
Grapes 
farms 
349 
40 
27.5 
11.5 
15.3 
0.7 
acres 
1,012 
119 
28.5 
10.8 
18.7 
-1.0 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries 
farms 
549 
49 
30.8 
9.9 
20.1 
0.8 
acres 
1,158 
242 
25.6 
6.2 
19.1 
0.2 
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 
