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 (continued) 
[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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
631 
95 
217 
175 
61 
39 
14 
2 
28 
$1,000 
99,218 
2,304 
7,016 
4,752 
5,411 
10,798 
(D) 
(D) 
28,271 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
172 
13 
40 
34 
29 
28 
13 
2 
13 
$1,000 
92,608 
1,371 
4,544 
2,617 
(D) 
10,576 
(D) 
(D) 
28,076 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
137 
40 
65 
18 
3 
6 
1 
- 
4 
$1,000 
774 
231 
229 
178 
(D) 
85 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
134 
39 
64 
18 
3 
5 
1 
- 
4 
$1,000 
735 
(D) 
(D) 
178 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
6 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
38 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
11,206 
2,289 
3,985 
1,774 
976 
1,366 
462 
17 
337 
$1,000 
96,776 
12,266 
17,583 
13,100 
12,160 
23,357 
13,998 
504 
3,808 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
314 
26 
26 
33 
36 
107 
66 
3 
17 
$1,000 
32,406 
2,087 
2,091 
2,478 
3,098 
11,139 
9,524 
362 
1,627 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
38 
6 
18 
8 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
34 
6 
10 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
24,573 
2,539 
6,586 
3,800 
2,773 
5,820 
2,278 
152 
625 
$1,000 
4,504,373 
62,442 
161,028 
131,588 
213,111 
1,033,396 
1,700,380 
862,865 
339,562 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
8,984 
306 
718 
524 
1,175 
3,864 
1,905 
151 
341 
$1,000 
4,247,789 
(D) 
86,982 
78,631 
177,892 
985,565 
1,691,742 
(D) 
334,864 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
1,523 
31 
60 
244 
323 
561 
201 
20 
83 
$1,000 
799,467 
3,058 
(D) 
14,514 
50,150 
184,676 
218,538 
(D) 
120,174 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,353 
19 
38 
142 
305 
550 
201 
20 
78 
$1,000 
795,216 
2,791 
(D) 
11,602 
49,757 
184,536 
218,538 
(D) 
120,056 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
6,616 
167 
847 
476 
793 
2,273 
1,549 
141 
370 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
46,790 
263,406 
144,051 
519,401 
1,567,273 
2,171,184 
1,379,962 
675,355 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5,380 
58 
423 
219 
658 
2,044 
1,509 
140 
329 
$1,000 
6,753,051 
(D) 
260,599 
141,598 
516,854 
1,562,679 
2,170,474 
(D) 
674,770 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
3,513 
435 
1,613 
710 
277 
339 
88 
1 
50 
$1,000 
43,020 
2,262 
10,834 
9,427 
6,860 
9,119 
(D) 
(D) 
1,026 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
191 
5 
35 
57 
42 
35 
12 
5 
$1,000 
23,160 
416 
3,694 
4,575 
4,794 
6,353 
2,716 
- 
612 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
2,355 
378 
1,108 
494 
114 
170 
47 
6 
38 
$1,000 
14,750 
2,888 
6,232 
2,610 
1,107 
1,056 
457 
46 
353 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
30 
8 
9 
1 
5 
3 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,619 
597 
696 
(D) 
562 
303 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
2,853 
342 
1,277 
571 
171 
284 
103 
25 
80 
$1,000 
1,291,808 
753 
7,996 
15,972 
37,155 
95,778 
152,086 
487,278 
494,790 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
292 
3 
10 
24 
39 
85 
68 
25 
38 
$1,000 
1,288,667 
351 
6,903 
14,912 
36,953 
95,480 
152,056 
487,278 
494,734 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
48 
4 
18 
9 
6 
1 
2 
- 
8 
$1,000 
7,690 
252 
383 
377 
1,505 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
24 
2 
3 
4 
6 
1 
2 
- 
6 
$1,000 
7,423 
(D) 
223 
(D) 
1,505 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
938 
173 
433 
201 
42 
60 
14 
1 
14 
$1,000 
26,186 
687 
(D) 
966 
1,318 
6,150 
6,373 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
42 
3 
10 
3 
7 
12 
5 
2 
$1,000 
23,580 
248 
(D) 
255 
1,224 
5,991 
6,363 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
69,463 
12,936 
19,522 
8,224 
6,829 
13,997 
5,029 
199 
2,727 
$1,000 
782,290 
82,457 
108,282 
43,671 
65,891 
257,407 
175,675 
1 1 ,292 
37,613 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
6,255 
347 
825 
619 
1,094 
2,329 
796 
14 
231 
$1,000 
668,830 
10,446 
29,500 
28,512 
102,063 
302,826 
157,527 
4,493 
33,463 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
2,964 
395 
1,298 
580 
188 
344 
103 
6 
50 
$1,000 
17,522 
2,053 
4,715 
3,394 
2,418 
2,771 
1,174 
35 
962 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
88,637 
16,570 
29,101 
11,667 
7,336 
14,784 
5,534 
315 
3,330 
$1,000 
23,711,880 
493,557 
1,228,394 
697,132 
1,673,308 
7,142,480 
7,512,231 
2,996,971 
1,967,806 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
267,517 
29,786 
42,211 
59,752 
228,095 
483,122 
1,357,469 
9,514,195 
590,933 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
56,317 
6,421 
13,452 
7,453 
7,037 
14,445 
5,302 
225 
1,982 
$1,000 
2,587,059 
63,736 
138,898 
79,352 
226,608 
1,039,035 
838,755 
73,839 
126,836 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
14,507 
3,355 
6,822 
3,053 
454 
311 
91 
8 
413 
$5,000 to $24,999 
16,836 
2,362 
5,026 
3,708 
2,788 
1,989 
369 
24 
570 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 211 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
