Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,821 
2,966 
1,934 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
52,218,870 
53,793,712 
38,650,210 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
704 
598 
629 
565 
519 
652 
1,060 
1,041 
number 
10,572,270 
10,257,286 
9,558,127 
6,919,963 
6,852,810 
9,199,943 
666,016 
429,389 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
47,477 
50,095 
52,806 
63,434 
61,860 
72,756 
83,301 
92,462 
acres 
13,709,408 
13,842,282 
11,761,392 
11,930,542 
11,595,308 
12,512,815 
10,147,051 
12,880,050 
bushels 
1,835,358,239 
2,292,163,101 
1,851,276,224 
1,581,093,092 
1,537,482,128 
1,754,149,889 
1,274,388,346 
1,466,953,043 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,934 
4,967 
6,909 
8,533 
8,405 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
392,304 
220,646 
247,269 
244,913 
241,549 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
5,654,303 
4,138,151 
4,726,816 
4,057,679 
3,993,158 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
339 
577 
412 
734 
719 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
13,518 
29,512 
18,317 
22,758 
22,123 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
655,679 
1,383,753 
961,995 
932,358 
905,333 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
326 
526 
405 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
13,015 
27,836 
18,038 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
636,347 
1,305,539 
952,550 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
13 
53 
7 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
503 
1,676 
279 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
19,332 
78,214 
9,445 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
2,594 
3,056 
6,963 
10,968 
10,823 
17,854 
25,398 
35,752 
acres 
57,259 
66,651 
143,513 
214,485 
211,985 
368,086 
544,907 
811,716 
bushels 
3,868,538 
4,481,462 
10,761,952 
14,451,930 
14,293,977 
23,246,559 
30,918,660 
45,769,302 
Barley for grain 
farms 
79 
86 
152 
253 
245 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,153 
2,815 
4,166 
4,868 
4,807 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
84,665 
139,145 
241,818 
262,686 
260,264 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
26 
40 
38 
54 
52 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
751 
2,113 
2,355 
1,299 
1,177 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
58,955 
174,761 
142,814 
89,844 
84,584 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
25 
51 
90 
122 
121 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
454 
837 
1,868 
1,967 
1,953 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
5,314 
8,738 
24,993 
23,709 
23,532 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41,710 
41,524 
48,752 
57,883 
56,436 
59,945 
68,278 
73,175 
acres 
9,301,594 
8,612,810 
10,418,621 
10,258,681 
9,944,865 
8,243,067 
7,903,395 
8,044,305 
bushels 
406,951,953 
430,739,578 
487,380,897 
459,309,682 
445,574,589 
352,590,997 
326,081,351 
291,189,890 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
1 
56 
65 
61 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,270 
6,140 
5,847 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
(D) 
(D) 
71,739 
103,967 
98,472 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
26,219 
26,901 
33,406 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
996,316 
1,125,565 
1,533,027 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
2,824,415 
3,897,996 
5,177,896 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
5 
5 
6 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
20 
667 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
13,000 
631,300 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 7 
farms 
962 
881 
752 
824 
786 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
7,724 
9,544 
9,435 
12,998 
12,533 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
373 
230 
117 
117 
109 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,028 
646 
1,005 
1,747 
1,468 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
22 
19 
18 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
18 
8 
8 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
752 
743 
493 
490 
448 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,974 
2,724 
3,141 
2,851 
2,616 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
' Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
