Table 16. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Iowa: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
88,637 
16,570 
29,101 
11,667 
7,336 
14,784 
5,534 
315 
3,330 
percent 
100.0 
18.7 
32.8 
13.2 
8.3 
16.7 
6.2 
0.4 
3.8 
Land in farms 
....acres 
30,622,731 
1,821,489 
2,849,305 
1,585,682 
2,792,273 
10,968,888 
8,276,591 
773,510 
1,554,993 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
345 
110 
98 
136 
381 
742 
1,496 
2,456 
467 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
88,637 
16,570 
29,101 
11,667 
7,336 
14,784 
5,534 
315 
3,330 
$1,000 
31,603,822 
590,542 
1,403,812 
763,727 
2,301,717 
10,142,801 
10,349,256 
3,469,538 
2,582,430 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
356,553 
35,639 
48,239 
65,460 
313,756 
686,066 
1,870,122 
11,014,406 
775,504 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
5,386 
1,521 
3,095 
649 
3 
1 
117 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,911 
2,731 
4,071 
783 
22 
13 
- 
- 
291 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,476 
2,379 
3,814 
947 
11 
13 
- 
- 
312 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,901 
2,556 
3,995 
1,032 
12 
3 
- 
- 
303 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,687 
2,520 
4,224 
1,608 
25 
10 
2 
- 
298 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,501 
1,672 
2,954 
1,627 
19 
16 
1 
_ 
212 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,788 
1,450 
3,072 
2,917 
116 
15 
1 
- 
217 
$100,000 to $249,999 
10,228 
1,418 
2,860 
1,841 
3,652 
112 
1 
- 
344 
$250,000 to $499,999 
9,759 
291 
797 
95 
2,999 
5,246 
12 
- 
319 
$500,000 to $999,999 
9,651 
11 
124 
109 
216 
8,283 
538 
- 
370 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
7,349 
21 
95 
59 
261 
1,073 
4,978 
315 
547 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
5,610 
17 
83 
55 
206 
876 
4,024 
- 
349 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,224 
4 
11 
3 
51 
172 
854 
17 
112 
$5,000,000 or more 
515 
- 
1 
1 
4 
25 
100 
298 
86 
Total sales 
....farms 
88,637 
16,570 
29,101 
11,667 
7,336 
14,784 
5,534 
315 
3,330 
$1,000 
30,821,532 
508,085 
1,295,530 
720,056 
2,235,825 
9,885,394 
10,173,580 
3,458,245 
2,544,816 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
52,509 
5,502 
1 1 ,524 
6,859 
6,947 
14,376 
5,203 
203 
1,895 
$1,000 
17,146,679 
371,337 
809,926 
377,891 
1,384,025 
6,948,580 
5,876,655 
508,238 
870,027 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
38,452 
2,462 
5,308 
3,271 
6,555 
14,056 
5,150 
196 
1,454 
$1,000 
16,875,788 
316,097 
698,269 
301,784 
1,374,246 
6,940,707 
5,875,584 
508,125 
860,976 
Corn 
....farms 
47,744 
4,421 
9,367 
5,858 
6,815 
14,242 
5,106 
192 
1,743 
$1,000 
11,745,805 
234,321 
526,716 
235,642 
895,719 
4,691,977 
4,180,087 
381,087 
600,256 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
33,778 
1,726 
3,812 
1,911 
6,042 
13,765 
5,033 
185 
1,304 
$1,000 
11,449,975 
180,833 
414,360 
149,348 
875,249 
4,680,413 
4,178,299 
380,911 
590,561 
Wheat 
....farms 
338 
49 
50 
47 
42 
76 
47 
5 
22 
$1,000 
4,948 
251 
(D) 
413 
408 
1,271 
1,840 
(D) 
340 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
16 
- 
2 
- 
4 
8 
1 
1 
$1,000 
1,852 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
359 
1,205 
(D) 
(D) 
Soybeans 
....farms 
41,621 
3,942 
7,707 
4,734 
6,048 
12,919 
4,608 
143 
1,520 
$1,000 
5,375,888 
135,557 
281,771 
139,801 
484,478 
2,249,096 
1,689,506 
126,894 
268,783 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
25,825 
974 
2,026 
713 
4,557 
11,971 
4,416 
138 
1,030 
$1,000 
5,022,094 
77,335 
166,881 
50,485 
438,474 
2,221,111 
1,683,470 
126,787 
257,552 
Sorghum 
....farms 
47 
5 
4 
9 
5 
10 
8 
1 
5 
$1,000 
581 
53 
(D) 
120 
15 
182 
159 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
77 
4 
16 
21 
17 
13 
4 
1 
1 
$1,000 
572 
10 
(D) 
110 
151 
194 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
2,629 
261 
342 
538 
473 
690 
232 
7 
86 
$1,000 
18,885 
1,145 
1,091 
1,805 
3,255 
5,860 
5,009 
96 
623 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
42 
6 
- 
- 
10 
13 
13 
- 
- 
$1,000 
6,015 
419 
- 
- 
907 
1,477 
3,212 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
978 
177 
322 
290 
79 
67 
19 
24 
$1,000 
19,699 
1,983 
2,174 
3,800 
3,303 
4,586 
3,374 
- 
480 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
79 
6 
4 
17 
18 
20 
10 
- 
4 
$1,000 
11,660 
444 
389 
1,133 
2,279 
3,856 
3,253 
- 
307 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
592 
148 
239 
134 
19 
21 
9 
_ 
22 
$1,000 
3,668 
832 
1,375 
828 
(D) 
(D) 
134 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
7 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
708 
(□) 
294 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
422 
110 
190 
76 
13 
10 
7 
- 
16 
$1,000 
2,976 
618 
1,234 
641 
259 
(D) 
66 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
5 
- 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
532 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
....farms 
212 
51 
61 
73 
6 
11 
3 
- 
7 
$1,000 
692 
214 
141 
187 
(D) 
(D) 
68 
- 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
210 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
