Table 37. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
HAY, FORAGE, AND FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS - Con. 
All haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, green) - Con. 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or alfalfa 
mixtures (tons, green) - Con. 
50 to 99 acres 
347 
22,700 
172,054 
- 
- 
414 
27,225 
202,078 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
159 
21,011 
147,077 
2 
(D) 
216 
29,535 
230,903 
4 
(D) 
250 to 499 acres 
19 
6,402 
48,709 
- 
11 
3,985 
38,598 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
7 
4,480 
22,482 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other haylage, grass silage, and greenchop, 
excluding corn and sorghum silage (tons, green) 
894 
22,942 
84,146 
11 
(D) 
611 
15,950 
57,864 
- 
- 
1 to 1 4 acres 
463 
3,151 
(D) 
5 
5 
303 
2,115 
9,201 
- 
- 
1 5 to 24 acres 
160 
(D) 
11,286 
- 
- 
110 
2,064 
8,101 
- 
- 
25 to 49 acres 
148 
4,954 
17,937 
5 
200 
115 
3,763 
18,881 
- 
- 
50 to 99 acres 
69 
4,528 
17,027 
- 
- 
61 
3,999 
13,143 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
52 
6,716 
23,496 
1 
(D) 
17 
2,486 
5,541 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
5 
1,523 
2,997 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER SPECIFIED CROPS 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
962 
7,647 
(X) 
331 
2,082 
881 
9,080 
(X) 
181 
2,815 
Land in orchards (see text) 
752 
2,974 
(X) 
79 
255 
743 
2,724 
(X) 
62 
153 
Land in berries (see text) 
405 
679 
(X) 
109 
149 
313 
289 
(X) 
74 
110 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 29 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
