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 
2,415 
7.7 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,836 
17.0 
acres 
1,669,175 
2.1 
acres 
337,859 
3.3 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
3 
31.6 
Potatoes 
farms 
1,205 
18.5 
acres 
3,264 
8.3 
acres 
163,925 
2.7 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
1,408 
9.0 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
1,032 
24.8 
acres 
514,374 
3.7 
acres 
407 
17.6 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2 
2.2 
Sweet corn 
farms 
1,068 
15.7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
acres 
90,671 
9.8 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
2 
(H) 
Lettuce 
farms 
222 
19.6 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
acres 
206 
12.3 
Rice 
farms 
Land in orchards 
farms 
4,846 
8.5 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
315,456 
2.1 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
Apples 
farms 
2,839 
13.7 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
174,152 
2.0 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
Grapes 
farms 
1,355 
8.1 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
71,494 
2.5 
Barley 
farms 
817 
9.9 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
175,074 
5.2 
acres 
- 
- 
Oats 
farms 
139 
8.7 
Almonds 
farms 
6 
38.7 
acres 
6,129 
13.1 
acres 
5 
90.9 
Land in berries 
farms 
1,828 
13.2 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
acres 
24,076 
18.3 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
10,396 
7.3 
acres 
748,909 
3.6 
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 
