Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
88,637 
100.0 
92,856 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
30,622,731 
100.0 
30,747,550 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
80,426 
90.7 
82,785 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
26,256,347 
85.7 
26,316,332 
summer fallow 
farms 
15 
(Z) 
182 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
63,214 
71.3 
63,672 
acres 
1,545 
(Z) 
2,024 
acres 
24,507,219 
80.0 
23,799,380 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
22,627 
25.5 
21,047 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
19.6 
15,966 
acres 
1,165,549 
3.8 
1,193,303 
1 to 9 acres 
6,415 
7.2 
5,501 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,565 
8.5 
7,961 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
4,317 
4.9 
4,073 
acres 
347,743 
1.1 
399,613 
20 to 29 acres 
2,664 
3.0 
2,585 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,290 
19.5 
15,512 
30 to 49 acres 
3,965 
4.5 
3,807 
acres 
817,806 
2.7 
793,690 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
7.8 
6,939 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
10.1 
9,873 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
15.2 
15,044 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,267 
31.9 
27,352 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
11.1 
9,905 
acres 
1,906,410 
6.2 
1,914,924 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
6.0 
4,775 
2,000 acres or more 
1,295 
1.5 
1,170 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
58,909 
66.5 
49,591 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
1,294,425 
4.2 
1,322,991 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
5,243 
5.9 
13,522 
acres 
223,963 
0.7 
829,784 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
34,086 
38.5 
27,198 
acres 
1,525,165 
5.0 
1,687,168 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
34,568 
(X) 
40,502 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
1,306,040 
(X) 
2,050,714 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
32,896 
37.1 
26,316 
acres 
1,470,846 
4.8 
1,656,509 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
42,536 
(X) 
40,392 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,937 
2.2 
1,166 
acres 
20,892,364 
(X) 
18,868,184 
acres 
52,774 
0.2 
28,635 
16 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
