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 
24,704 
942 
21.9 
5.1 
14.8 
2.0 
acres 
4,569,775 
105,352 
18.8 
2.3 
15.4 
1.0 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
21 
4 
28.6 
11.0 
15.6 
2.0 
acres 
256 
123 
13.7 
3.2 
9.6 
0.8 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
295 
16 
37.3 
4.6 
29.2 
3.5 
acres 
3,892 
508 
25.4 
3.4 
19.7 
2.3 
Oats 
farms 
3,160 
134 
50.5 
7.0 
38.9 
4.5 
acres 
45,833 
1,453 
55.6 
6.5 
44.5 
4.7 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
32,032 
1,857 
29.7 
11.4 
15.6 
2.7 
acres 
1,092,183 
52,199 
23.9 
6.2 
15.2 
2.5 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,440 
174 
25.5 
9.9 
14.0 
1.6 
acres 
34,386 
1,135 
6.8 
1.4 
4.9 
0.5 
Potatoes 
farms 
717 
56 
27.3 
10.7 
15.0 
1.6 
acres 
2,074 
51 
5.2 
1.2 
3.6 
0.4 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
1,285 
102 
23.7 
9.3 
13.1 
1.3 
acres 
4,786 
216 
3.1 
0.4 
2.5 
0.2 
Sweet corn 
farms 
1,200 
78 
25.7 
9.2 
14.4 
2.1 
acres 
9,742 
346 
8.7 
1.7 
6.3 
0.7 
Lettuce 
farms 
133 
23 
16.5 
7.8 
1.2 
acres 
306 
12 
1.5 
0.8 
0.2 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1,406 
108 
26.0 
13.2 
-0.8 
acres 
9,484 
706 
13.6 
9.4 
-0.1 
Apples 
farms 
1,003 
75 
25.7 
13.6 
13.0 
-0.9 
acres 
5,311 
405 
10.9 
3.2 
7.7 
-0.1 
Grapes 
farms 
584 
44 
27.4 
14.6 
13.3 
-0.5 
acres 
1,980 
281 
17.2 
6.6 
11.1 
-0.5 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
5 
3 
20.0 
14.7 
7.6 
-2.3 
acres 
2 
1 
5.6 
3.9 
2.1 
-0.4 
Land in berries 
farms 
1,200 
87 
29.3 
13.4 
16.0 
0.0 
acres 
1,793 
117 
18.8 
6.5 
12.2 
0.0 
' 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 
