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 
4,951 
4.4 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
474 
74.4 
acres 
1,302,674 
1.7 
acres 
25,931 
3.6 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
- 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
208 
78.3 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
22,823 
3.1 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
78 
13.9 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
233 
(H) 
acres 
6,595 
18.4 
acres 
92 
67.1 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
18,539 
3.5 
Sweet corn 
farms 
167 
63.7 
acres 
4,983,253 
1.4 
acres 
846 
13.2 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
633 
5.1 
Lettuce 
farms 
21 
82.4 
acres 
60,010 
2.0 
acres 
6 
61.9 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
372 
21.4 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
1,286 
26.0 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
Apples 
farms 
146 
11.0 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
298 
35.5 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
Grapes 
farms 
210 
17.2 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
572 
26.6 
Barley 
farms 
26 
30.1 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
1,731 
28.4 
acres 
- 
- 
Oats 
farms 
476 
13.3 
Almonds 
farms 
3 
83.7 
acres 
17,788 
5.3 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in berries 
farms 
140 
27.8 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
acres 
144 
47.5 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
20,034 
6.7 
acres 
2,487,312 
7.7 
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 
