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 
3,274 
532 
35.4 
8.8 
21.0 
5.7 
acres 
1,956,477 
22,780 
17.3 
4.2 
11.8 
1.3 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
217 
25 
32.3 
7.6 
19.6 
5.1 
acres 
46,412 
2,639 
27.5 
6.9 
18.5 
2.1 
Rice 
farms 
259 
37 
20.1 
4.6 
14.4 
1.0 
acres 
129,405 
5,408 
12.7 
5.2 
7.0 
0.5 
Cotton 
farms 
824 
41 
25.2 
3.1 
20.3 
1.8 
acres 
470,522 
20,582 
9.2 
0.7 
8.3 
0.2 
Peanuts 
farms 
128 
11 
16.4 
3.5 
9.3 
3.6 
acres 
48,306 
3,924 
20.2 
3.4 
12.4 
4.5 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats 
farms 
45 
8 
28.9 
7.4 
14.1 
7.4 
acres 
2,047 
273 
17.1 
4.4 
8.6 
4.1 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,948 
529 
31.5 
9.4 
14.5 
7.6 
acres 
634,505 
17,383 
26.6 
6.1 
14.6 
6.0 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,210 
70 
34.5 
14.7 
10.9 
8.9 
acres 
28,703 
2,517 
17.4 
5.5 
8.3 
3.6 
Potatoes 
farms 
305 
21 
32.5 
13.7 
9.7 
9.1 
acres 
229 
39 
24.5 
11.4 
6.5 
6.6 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
627 
42 
33.0 
14.6 
9.6 
8.8 
acres 
444 
34 
23.8 
10.3 
8.1 
5.3 
Sweet corn 
farms 
530 
33 
32.3 
13.6 
9.5 
9.2 
acres 
1,065 
112 
24.4 
9.8 
8.5 
6.2 
Lettuce 
farms 
8 
(H) 
12.5 
6.7 
2.8 
3.0 
acres 
2 
(H) 
5.6 
2.6 
1.6 
1.4 
Land in orchards 
farms 
788 
79 
34.1 
13.3 
13.7 
7.2 
acres 
9,843 
1,322 
21.0 
6.6 
10.8 
3.7 
Apples 
farms 
132 
17 
35.6 
16.4 
11.6 
7.6 
acres 
111 
22 
36.3 
14.6 
14.0 
7.7 
Grapes 
farms 
144 
17 
36.8 
16.4 
11.3 
9.2 
acres 
260 
29 
16.0 
7.0 
6.1 
2.9 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries 
farms 
493 
53 
34.7 
14.8 
13.2 
6.6 
acres 
2,675 
366 
28.7 
10.4 
14.6 
3.8 
' 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 
