Table 1 6. 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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
50 
4 
14 
15 
10 
4 
2 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
27 
- 
2 
6 
9 
7 
2 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Corn for grain farms 
47,477 
4,357 
9,210 
5,734 
6,796 
14,227 
5,206 
203 
1,744 
acres 
13,709,408 
301,084 
667,915 
379,581 
1,156,582 
5,444,791 
4,616,329 
454,010 
689,116 
bushels 
1,835,358,239 
36,097,266 
81,977,083 
39,344,228 
142,321,302 
728,426,788 
650,078,578 
62,727,873 
94,385,121 
Irrigated farms 
529 
18 
46 
26 
42 
209 
128 
11 
49 
acres 
111,521 
1,136 
2,764 
1,245 
4,450 
41,398 
46,257 
5,617 
8,654 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5,000 
1,110 
2,326 
1,239 
114 
54 
14 
1 
142 
25 to 99 acres 
12,364 
2,192 
4,504 
3,454 
1,286 
458 
61 
7 
402 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12,359 
974 
2,168 
955 
4,338 
3,226 
258 
17 
423 
250 to 499 acres 
9,524 
79 
199 
65 
968 
7,037 
815 
21 
340 
500 acres or more 
8,230 
2 
13 
21 
90 
3,452 
4,058 
157 
437 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
6,934 
306 
725 
834 
1,110 
2,535 
1,080 
79 
265 
acres 
392,304 
7,909 
18,532 
18,221 
37,886 
127,240 
120,644 
35,076 
26,796 
tons 
5,654,303 
102,138 
240,532 
207,305 
511,328 
1,778,726 
1,863,541 
550,112 
400,621 
Irrigated farms 
38 
- 
1 
7 
1 
10 
13 
5 
1 
acres 
2,484 
- 
(D) 
47 
(D) 
192 
1,738 
498 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3,144 
196 
519 
600 
620 
934 
197 
3 
75 
25 to 99 acres 
2,851 
101 
167 
219 
427 
1,306 
509 
6 
116 
1 00 to 249 acres 
705 
9 
37 
15 
55 
242 
271 
24 
52 
250 to 499 acres 
165 
- 
2 
- 
7 
46 
76 
20 
14 
500 acres or more 
69 
- 
- 
- 
1 
7 
27 
26 
8 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Oats for grain farms 
2,594 
257 
336 
541 
464 
677 
227 
5 
87 
acres 
57,259 
4,455 
4,985 
8,761 
9,637 
18,409 
7,497 
299 
3,216 
bushels 
3,868,538 
271,998 
303,528 
555,098 
669,489 
1,284,435 
553,287 
22,108 
208,595 
Irrigated farms 
19 
2 
3 
8 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
356 
(D) 
159 
48 
- 
106 
- 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,916 
215 
293 
465 
348 
407 
127 
1 
60 
25 to 99 acres 
607 
37 
40 
68 
105 
249 
90 
3 
15 
1 00 to 249 acres 
71 
5 
3 
8 
11 
21 
10 
1 
12 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain farms 
26 
5 
2 
6 
- 
7 
3 
1 
2 
acres 
751 
109 
(D) 
292 
- 
167 
102 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
58,955 
8,919 
(D) 
10,622 
- 
20,512 
13,487 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
4 
1 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
1 
1 
4 
- 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
41,710 
3,945 
7,717 
4,750 
6,063 
12,927 
4,631 
146 
1,531 
acres 
9,301,594 
253,792 
515,870 
298,886 
901,808 
3,913,362 
2,759,200 
204,294 
454,382 
bushels 
406,951,953 
10,226,821 
21,356,326 
11,217,235 
37,345,544 
170,503,129 
126,538,506 
9,472,039 
20,292,353 
Irrigated farms 
311 
12 
20 
21 
24 
132 
74 
7 
21 
acres 
49,637 
441 
1,042 
691 
1,814 
21,733 
18,035 
2,820 
3,061 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,233 
1,017 
1,818 
996 
149 
101 
20 
- 
132 
25 to 99 acres 
12,538 
2,109 
4,179 
2,968 
1,673 
983 
219 
7 
400 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11,994 
766 
1,601 
734 
3,552 
4,335 
602 
21 
383 
250 to 499 acres 
8,256 
53 
113 
45 
628 
5,848 
1,210 
24 
335 
500 acres or more 
4,689 
- 
6 
7 
61 
1,660 
2,580 
94 
281 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
5 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
20 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
13,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 221 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
