Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
7,108 
8,452 
Land in farms acres 
868,909 
1,090,979 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
943 
1,363 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
3,446 
4,302 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,696 
2,532 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,175 
2,780 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
626 
783 
180 to 499 acres 
974 
1,422 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
50 
101 
500 acres or more 
320 
355 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
35 
73 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
66 
155 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
91 
127 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,745 
7,983 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
193 
193 
acres 
658,838 
854,567 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
987 
1,061 
production (1125, 1129) 
658 
788 
acres 
210,071 
236,412 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
6,121 
7,391 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
534,481 
742,972 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
624 
592 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
266,483 
278,614 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,827 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
363 
469 
acres 
67,945 
69,393 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
282 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,994 
7,023 
Total farms 
7,108 
8,452 
Partnerships 
366 
621 
$1,000 
511,732 
385,209 
Corporations 
399 
393 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
349 
415 
sold farms 
7,108 
8,452 
$1,000 
473,983 
341,393 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
4,341 
5,455 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,629 
2,669 
2 operators 
2,272 
2,360 
$1,000 
294,234 
203,287 
3 operators 
389 
501 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
79 
80 
their products farms 
1,683 
2,080 
5 or more operators 
27 
56 
$1,000 
179,749 
138,106 
Government payments farms 
5,281 
6,460 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
37,749 
43,816 
1 operator 
6,665 
7,888 
2 operators 
386 
473 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
50 
68 
4 operators 
7 
16 
Less than $1 ,000 
796 
1,125 
5 or more operators 
- 
7 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,345 
1,375 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,107 
1,293 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,066 
1,426 
Internet access 
4,831 
4,076 
$10,000 to $24,999 
955 
1,305 
Dial-up service 
519 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
541 
640 
DSL service 
1,970 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
1,298 
1,288 
Cable modem service 
775 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
354 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
939 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
800 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
36 
199 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
114 
(NA) 
$1,000 
3,214 
10,133 
Other Internet service 
113 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
194 
243 
Programs payments farms 
3,974 
5,217 
acres 
43,973 
52,083 
$1,000 
21,008 
31,049 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
3,435 
3,173 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
16,741 
12,767 
1 household 
5,658 
6,651 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,005 
1,220 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
274 
336 
4 households 
102 
140 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,633 
1,687 
5 or more households 
69 
105 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
120 
80 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
81 
62 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
109 
101 
Less than 25 percent 
4,526 
5,486 
25 to 49 percent 
766 
1,043 
Other crop farming (1119) 
3,446 
4,302 
50 to 74 percent 
912 
1,083 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
685 
642 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
219 
198 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 43 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
