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 
9 
3 
44.4 
7.7 
25.0 
11.8 
acres 
280 
129 
46.8 
7.8 
30.0 
9.0 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
19,823 
205 
31.4 
4.5 
22.7 
4.2 
acres 
5,250,275 
45,917 
20.0 
1.8 
16.8 
1.4 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
625 
27 
26.1 
3.1 
20.0 
3.0 
acres 
54,885 
1,318 
17.9 
1.8 
14.7 
1.4 
Rice 
farms 
386 
24 
16.3 
1.7 
13.8 
0.9 
acres 
174,559 
7,942 
9.3 
1.3 
7.7 
0.4 
Cotton 
farms 
409 
29 
20.5 
0.8 
19.1 
0.7 
acres 
350,782 
21,529 
15.0 
0.4 
14.5 
0.1 
Peanuts 
farms 
2 
1 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
53 
4 
24.5 
2.0 
19.9 
2.6 
acres 
1,236 
62 
17.7 
1.0 
15.1 
1.6 
Oats 
farms 
542 
23 
33.9 
2.7 
27.4 
3.8 
acres 
8,072 
587 
29.3 
2.1 
24.0 
3.1 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
50,279 
884 
27.8 
6.5 
16.5 
4.8 
acres 
3,349,348 
47,663 
21.5 
3.1 
15.4 
3.0 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,215 
133 
30.9 
7.1 
18.5 
5.4 
acres 
20,028 
374 
5.0 
0.9 
3.6 
0.6 
Potatoes 
farms 
418 
45 
30.4 
7.1 
17.7 
5.5 
acres 
9,056 
30 
0.6 
0.2 
0.4 
0.1 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
731 
99 
32.1 
7.9 
18.5 
5.8 
acres 
492 
54 
23.9 
4.7 
15.8 
3.4 
Sweet corn 
farms 
437 
63 
31.4 
6.1 
20.0 
5.3 
acres 
2,325 
64 
7.0 
1.0 
5.2 
0.7 
Lettuce 
farms 
81 
21 
37.0 
13.2 
16.3 
7.5 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1,197 
88 
28.1 
9.1 
14.1 
4.9 
acres 
18,769 
1,669 
12.5 
3.1 
7.8 
1.6 
Apples 
farms 
370 
30 
28.4 
10.1 
13.5 
4.8 
acres 
1,436 
60 
8.2 
2.0 
5.2 
1.0 
Grapes 
farms 
425 
32 
30.4 
10.9 
14.3 
5.2 
acres 
1,828 
148 
20.7 
5.2 
12.7 
2.7 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
3 
3 
33.3 
16.7 
6.7 
9.9 
acres 
(Z) 
1 
33.3 
16.7 
6.7 
9.9 
Land in berries 
farms 
665 
74 
33.7 
10.0 
18.3 
5.4 
acres 
799 
60 
21.9 
6.5 
12.1 
3.3 
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 
