Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,002 
655 
2,745 
582 
767 
433 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,621 
330 
1,587 
499 
683 
485 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,870 
483 
2,351 
739 
1,291 
1,036 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8,603 
348 
1,444 
511 
1,086 
1,033 
$50,000 or more 
31,968 
589 
1,388 
401 
728 
980 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
26,479 
3,965 
10,050 
1,875 
2,095 
1,574 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
39,050 
15,860 
14,925 
17,085 
23,197 
27,861 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,115 
385 
1,098 
193 
169 
98 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,846 
1,410 
3,306 
551 
557 
329 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,027 
947 
2,391 
343 
412 
308 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,929 
796 
2,272 
473 
561 
435 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,780 
256 
673 
183 
231 
233 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
3,782 
171 
310 
132 
165 
171 
Total 
... farms 
1,847 
3 
22 
16 
28 
52 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
169,003 
(D) 
(D) 
108 
181 
548 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
54,212 
2,459 
9,738 
2,722 
3,680 
3,449 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
1,887,251 
50,462 
235,035 
57,926 
70,660 
73,108 
services 
... farms 
9,663 
188 
521 
168 
309 
332 
$1,000 
186,534 
3,440 
6,752 
1,730 
3,295 
6,052 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
21,478 
1,379 
6,896 
1,830 
2,011 
1,747 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
673,937 
40,817 
208,529 
47,975 
53,982 
51,905 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
577 
15 
108 
37 
58 
67 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
4,611 
337 
223 
111 
(D) 
514 
(see text) 
... farms 
275 
34 
72 
10 
13 
19 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
4,394 
289 
1,162 
66 
(D) 
283 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
29,533 
869 
2,727 
851 
1,543 
1,536 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
80,621 
815 
4,138 
3,246 
1,158 
1,393 
payments received 
... farms 
15,255 
104 
611 
360 
682 
734 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
880,516 
1,425 
6,979 
3,974 
9,032 
10,832 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
1,318 
28 
138 
36 
80 
82 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
10,042 
251 
195 
103 
265 
239 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
3,671 
280 
594 
151 
200 
215 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
46,542 
3,088 
7,058 
722 
1,988 
1,891 
Total cropland 
... farms 
80,426 
3,401 
17,401 
4,335 
6,411 
5,383 
acres 
26,256,347 
14,314 
306,790 
164,844 
373,632 
447,642 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
63,214 
2,188 
9,324 
2,619 
4,509 
4,054 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
24,507,219 
7,771 
144,949 
91,877 
251,290 
324,098 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
2,188 
9,324 
1,744 
1,631 
1,012 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
- 
- 
875 
2,878 
1,266 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,776 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
1,295 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
5,243 
232 
957 
248 
358 
385 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
223,963 
(D) 
8,971 
(D) 
(D) 
9,048 
were abandoned 
... farms 
1,937 
60 
400 
128 
199 
180 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
52,774 
(D) 
3,286 
2,041 
3,329 
3,771 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
32,896 
1,147 
9,065 
2,169 
2,831 
2,304 
acres 
1,470,846 
5,655 
149,584 
66,998 
111,375 
110,725 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
15 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
1,545 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Total woodland 
... farms 
22,627 
412 
5,163 
1,793 
2,284 
2,078 
acres 
1,165,549 
997 
59,692 
43,596 
70,813 
85,392 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
7,565 
157 
1,459 
436 
596 
643 
acres 
347,743 
400 
14,120 
8,134 
12,746 
18,836 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
17,290 
270 
3,971 
1,464 
1,860 
1,622 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
817,806 
597 
45,572 
35,462 
58,067 
66,556 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
28,267 
1,780 
6,039 
1,536 
2,022 
1,898 
acres 
1,906,410 
6,154 
74,508 
37,509 
63,105 
77,124 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
64 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
