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 
401 
33 
26.4 
6.8 
18.6 
1.1 
acres 
16,253 
1,005 
14.2 
2.9 
10.9 
0.4 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
17,391 
336 
25.8 
6.3 
18.7 
0.8 
acres 
1 ,699,728 
18,362 
14.1 
2.9 
11.0 
0.3 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
33 
5 
30.3 
9.6 
20.2 
0.5 
acres 
717 
90 
22.0 
4.8 
16.8 
0.4 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
847 
26 
23.4 
3.6 
19.0 
0.7 
acres 
20,315 
1,177 
20.3 
2.5 
17.4 
0.5 
Oats 
farms 
6,403 
165 
30.3 
5.6 
23.7 
1.0 
acres 
130,374 
2,517 
29.2 
4.1 
24.2 
0.9 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
37,020 
1,152 
28.3 
10.8 
16.8 
0.7 
acres 
2,396,640 
45,869 
18.8 
3.9 
14.4 
0.6 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,873 
89 
21.6 
8.8 
12.2 
0.6 
acres 
284,074 
1,329 
6.0 
1.5 
4.4 
0.1 
Potatoes 
farms 
718 
34 
19.1 
8.7 
9.6 
0.7 
acres 
66,400 
170 
0.3 
0.1 
0.2 
(Z) 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
859 
41 
23.3 
10.8 
11.8 
0.7 
acres 
570 
22 
14.2 
5.0 
8.8 
0.4 
Sweet corn 
farms 
966 
30 
12.6 
5.0 
7.3 
0.4 
acres 
78,245 
418 
0.8 
0.2 
0.6 
(Z) 
Lettuce 
farms 
144 
11 
19.4 
9.3 
9.4 
0.7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1,321 
89 
27.3 
17.1 
11.2 
-1.0 
acres 
9,481 
525 
18.9 
8.3 
11.0 
-0.4 
Apples 
farms 
1,012 
64 
26.5 
16.2 
11.1 
-0.9 
acres 
5,520 
322 
18.1 
7.8 
10.7 
-0.4 
Grapes 
farms 
412 
30 
28.6 
19.1 
10.9 
-1.3 
acres 
817 
61 
31.6 
18.3 
14.4 
-1.1 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Almonds 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries 
farms 
1,099 
52 
22.2 
11.3 
11.0 
-0.1 
acres 
22,362 
712 
2.7 
0.9 
1.8 
(Z) 
' 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 
