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 
78 
ii 
21.8 
2.4 
13.7 
5.7 
acres 
6,595 
1,215 
19.9 
1.9 
13.8 
4.3 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
18,539 
656 
27.1 
2.0 
20.0 
5.1 
acres 
4,983,253 
70,867 
25.7 
1.3 
21.3 
3.1 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
633 
32 
11.4 
0.9 
8.2 
2.3 
acres 
60,010 
1,193 
5.8 
0.3 
4.6 
0.9 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
26 
8 
23.1 
3.0 
13.7 
6.4 
acres 
1,731 
492 
8.9 
0.8 
5.9 
2.2 
Oats 
farms 
476 
63 
35.3 
3.1 
25.0 
7.2 
acres 
17,788 
947 
29.8 
2.4 
22.3 
5.1 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
20,034 
1,338 
36.2 
5.3 
21.2 
9.7 
acres 
2,487,312 
192,157 
28.6 
2.7 
20.0 
6.0 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
474 
353 
41.6 
17.3 
8.4 
15.9 
acres 
25,931 
943 
1.7 
0.4 
0.6 
0.7 
Potatoes 
farms 
208 
163 
41.3 
18.7 
6.8 
15.9 
acres 
22,823 
699 
0.1 
(Z) 
(Z) 
0.1 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
233 
(H) 
45.1 
19.7 
7.1 
18.3 
acres 
92 
61 
31.0 
13.3 
5.1 
12.7 
Sweet com 
farms 
167 
106 
37.7 
14.9 
9.0 
13.9 
acres 
846 
112 
6.4 
2.4 
1.7 
2.3 
Lettuce 
farms 
21 
17 
38.1 
18.1 
5.0 
14.9 
acres 
6 
3 
25.5 
12.5 
3.7 
9.3 
Land in orchards 
farms 
372 
80 
36.6 
15.5 
7.3 
13.8 
acres 
1,286 
335 
20.6 
7.9 
4.7 
8.0 
Apples 
farms 
146 
16 
45.9 
18.8 
10.9 
16.1 
acres 
298 
106 
26.8 
9.3 
8.4 
9.0 
Grapes 
farms 
210 
36 
29.5 
12.0 
6.3 
11.2 
acres 
572 
152 
19.7 
7.6 
4.5 
7.7 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
3 
3 
33.3 
16.3 
2.3 
14.8 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in berries 
farms 
140 
39 
55.7 
22.4 
11.7 
21.6 
acres 
144 
68 
24.4 
9.7 
5.3 
9.4 
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 
