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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
7,631 
890 
2,345 
number 
312,408 
15,071 
35,778 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
22,331 
2,251 
5,740 
number 
3,133,701 
51,513 
129,841 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
6,036 
192 
507 
number 
2,010,004 
8,325 
30,799 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
6,266 
146 
825 
Farms with- 
number 
20,455,666 
125,137 
891,700 
1 to 24 
678 
62 
347 
25 to 49 
144 
11 
44 
50 to 99 
160 
10 
43 
100 to 199 
197 
9 
25 
200 to 499 
588 
14 
68 
500 or more 
4,499 
40 
298 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
1,676 
57 
229 
number 
917,567 
10,291 
22,634 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
6,069 
131 
761 
number 
19,538,099 
114,846 
869,066 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
6,616 
167 
847 
number 
49,355,848 
272,480 
1,923,423 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
46,790 
263,406 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
2,904 
417 
1,235 
number 
165,815 
13,474 
46,720 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
2,550 
367 
1,086 
number 
94,141 
8,586 
28,860 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
2,454 
304 
1,075 
number 
177,987 
10,336 
45,099 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
9,599 
1,733 
4,440 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
62,206 
12,712 
26,431 
inventory 
....farms 
9,286 
1,637 
4,331 
number 
57,175 
1 1 ,364 
24,629 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
2,262 
353 
1,082 
number 
8,824 
1,458 
4,101 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
1,921 
260 
1,030 
number 
56,239 
4,313 
18,587 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
1,191 
124 
636 
number 
36,402 
2,344 
10,619 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
3,821 
512 
1,930 
Farms with- 
number 
52,218,870 
14,911 
49,252 
1 to 399 
3,676 
510 
1,926 
400 to 3, 199 
31 
2 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
40 
- 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
18 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
8 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
40 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
499 
73 
199 
number 
12,565,630 
2,080 
5,993 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
643 
78 
278 
number 
33,196,639 
5,236 
17,891 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
124 
12 
36 
number 
21,603,577 
(D) 
10,388 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
704 
71 
348 
Farms with- 
number 
10,572,270 
8,689 
589,340 
1 to 1,999 
663 
71 
338 
2,000 to 59,999 
22 
- 
9 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
18 
- 
1 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
402 
47 
154 
number 
4,383,172 
422 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
229 
19 
62 
number 
10,908,278 
275 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
79 
4 
16 
acres 
2,153 
(D) 
225 
bushels 
84,665 
(D) 
7,175 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
1,437 
841 
1,466 
446 
27 
179 
28,838 
33,595 
111,341 
46,301 
19,193 
22,291 
3,290 
2,580 
5,521 
2,218 
151 
580 
101,543 
159,426 
756,609 
1,129,530 
589,964 
215,275 
438 
752 
2,421 
1,389 
116 
221 
31,784 
68,246 
414,124 
841,334 
459,674 
155,718 
497 
732 
2,113 
1,450 
138 
365 
515,250 
1,607,792 
4,910,646 
6,112,705 
4,374,753 
1,917,683 
171 
31 
39 
9 
_ 
19 
41 
21 
14 
3 
- 
10 
38 
21 
40 
4 
- 
4 
23 
48 
69 
17 
- 
6 
56 
124 
250 
54 
1 
21 
168 
487 
1,701 
1,363 
137 
305 
212 
194 
534 
285 
49 
116 
7,246 
17,032 
135,010 
237,222 
284,088 
204,044 
450 
716 
2,077 
1,441 
137 
356 
508,004 
1,590,760 
4,775,636 
5,875,483 
4,090,665 
1,713,639 
476 
793 
2,273 
1,549 
141 
370 
1,221,567 
3,628,791 
11,787,643 
15,465,160 
8,585,091 
6,471,693 
144,051 
519,401 
1,567,273 
2,171,184 
1,379,962 
675,355 
581 
224 
312 
84 
1 
50 
25,737 
18,572 
40,233 
13,580 
(D) 
(□) 
487 
202 
282 
79 
1 
46 
15,875 
12,100 
20,047 
6,529 
(D) 
(D) 
470 
199 
279 
81 
1 
45 
20,506 
18,319 
59,289 
18,181 
(D) 
(D) 
1,618 
487 
857 
286 
14 
164 
11,956 
3,147 
5,219 
1,291 
85 
1,365 
1,581 
472 
827 
274 
14 
150 
10,942 
2,766 
5,009 
1,181 
73 
1,211 
471 
112 
157 
47 
5 
35 
1,675 
427 
804 
179 
11 
169 
382 
96 
115 
16 
_ 
22 
18,976 
8,244 
4,714 
141 
- 
1,264 
264 
83 
68 
7 
- 
9 
9,648 
5,884 
7,627 
61 
' 
219 
762 
181 
290 
63 
16 
67 
110,219 
103,983 
909,115 
2,345,373 
26,393,077 
22,292,940 
740 
159 
250 
44 
_ 
47 
15 
7 
3 
- 
- 
1 
5 
14 
15 
2 
- 
3 
2 
1 
13 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
2 
- 
1 
" 
- 
1 
10 
15 
14 
130 
17 
43 
9 
9 
19 
96,754 
25,761 
1 ,497,744 
550,021 
5,152,959 
5,234,318 
116 
52 
64 
18 
15 
22 
53,690 
74,172 
704,648 
702,740 
18,361,909 
13,276,353 
29 
3 
24 
6 
5 
9 
247,772 
(D) 
1,930,958 
1,204,500 
3,782,719 
14,414,563 
140 
26 
86 
20 
1 
12 
67,876 
(D) 
4,232,318 
3,250,937 
(D) 
(D) 
131 
22 
76 
14 
_ 
11 
9 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
7 
6 
1 
1 
92 
21 
27 
38 
6 
17 
(D) 
389,690 
610,407 
1,435,175 
754,000 
849,015 
37 
19 
33 
40 
6 
13 
(D) 
1,153,961 
1,630,551 
3,384,976 
1,659,827 
2,472,747 
21 
19 
13 
4 
1 
1 
434 
546 
693 
173 
(D) 
(D) 
15,365 
25,550 
25,951 
5,602 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
220 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
