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 Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 17,361 4,307 9,222 3,152 116 88 35 8 433 
50 to 99 acres 6,876 1,503 2,827 1,965 186 153 28 3 211 
100 to 199 acres 8,984 1,428 2,866 2,644 1,253 410 69 5 309 
200 to 499 acres 13,490 946 1,988 815 4,766 4,107 412 18 438 
500 to 999 acres 9,867 47 95 52 735 7,476 1,052 41 369 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 5,341 1 4 10 46 2,220 2,715 59 286 
2.000 acres or more 1,295 - - 5 7 71 1,017 97 98 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 5,243 924 1,577 841 570 882 281 14 154 
acres 223,963 (D) 38,176 (D) 27,417 52,599 29,700 (D) (D) 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 1,937 420 667 360 162 196 62 2 68 
acres 52,774 9,478 (D) 8,876 5,817 8,169 (D) (D) (D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 32,896 8,989 11,049 3,234 1,871 4,312 1,794 109 1,538 
acres 1,470,846 427,328 461,474 153,323 71,461 169,239 94,685 6,170 87,166 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 15 2 2 3 3 4 1 
acres 1,545 (D) (D) (D) 977 196 (D) 
Total woodland farms 22,627 5,437 8,731 2,928 1,455 2,361 821 32 862 
acres 1,165,549 250,142 365,970 140,595 88,107 155,316 69,105 12,666 83,648 
Woodland pastured farms 7,565 1,539 2,558 1,267 651 1,004 317 10 219 
acres 347,743 56,749 77,043 52,381 41,762 71,464 29,804 718 17,822 
Woodland not pastured farms 17,290 4,346 6,890 1,993 1,025 1,682 612 26 716 
acres 817,806 193,393 288,927 88,214 46,345 83,852 39,301 11,948 65,826 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 28,267 4,908 9,794 4,481 2,478 4,344 1,419 65 778 
acres 1,906,410 228,997 357,353 273,992 222,441 481,761 236,024 24,447 81,395 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 58,909 11,522 19,497 7,756 5,080 9,225 3,510 242 2,077 
acres 1,294,425 193,676 232,686 130,755 132,049 318,418 186,802 20,575 79,464 
Irrigated land farms 1,525 182 382 297 125 284 160 17 78 
acres 171,656 2,427 4,998 2,888 7,367 64,897 68,111 8,977 11,991 
Harvested cropland farms 1,483 171 362 289 125 282 159 17 78 
acres 170,542 2,226 4,838 (D) (D) 64,268 (D) 8,977 11,991 
Pastureland and other land farms 53 12 25 8 1 6 1 
acres 1,114 201 160 (D) (D) 629 (D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 34,568 9,244 11,259 3,244 1,998 4,901 2,171 105 1,646 
acres 1,306,040 392,689 423,615 124,699 64,190 147,666 70,103 3,038 80,040 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 42,536 3,701 8,363 4,862 5,964 12,932 4,961 215 1,538 
acres 20,892,364 452,276 1,052,605 562,701 1,833,147 8,447,964 6,888,759 628,541 1,026,371 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 512 40 102 185 100 62 12 2 9 
$1,000 57,545 1,020 2,514 7,494 13,882 16,559 8,453 (D) (D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 88,637 16,570 29,101 11,667 7,336 14,784 5,534 315 3,330 
$1,000 195,641,346 8,864,482 15,609,146 8,298,143 16,934,336 72,304,044 57,930,242 5,674,236 10,026,717 
Average per farm dollars 2,207,220 534,972 536,378 711,249 2,308,388 4,890,696 10,468,060 18,013,448 3,011,026 
Average per acre dollars 6,389 4,867 5,478 5,233 6,065 6,592 6,999 7,336 6,448 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 5,912 1,680 2,860 992 67 61 31 4 217 
$50,000 to $99,999 5,794 1,704 2,844 884 97 37 12 4 212 
$100,000 to $199,999 11,214 3,094 5,817 1,589 143 162 52 3 354 
$200,000 to $499,999 18,001 4,909 8,793 2,818 388 419 97 23 554 
$500,000 to $999,999 11,731 2,743 4,424 2,597 754 601 109 21 482 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 10,655 1,619 2,784 2,074 2,059 1,445 258 17 399 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 13,474 755 1,481 622 3,367 5,790 929 41 489 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 7,757 59 90 74 440 5,135 1,536 51 372 
$10,000,000 or more 4,099 7 8 17 21 1,134 2,510 151 251 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 88,634 16,570 29,101 11,667 7,336 14,784 5,534 315 3,327 
$1,000 18,954,910 885,211 1,859,704 1,013,099 1,765,528 7,056,183 4,919,787 484,097 971,300 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 215 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
