Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
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 
292 
168 
93 
191 
60 
11 
5 
$5,000 to $9,999 
349 
200 
128 
254 
77 
24 
5 
$10,000 to $24,999 
869 
530 
385 
804 
294 
77 
11 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,016 
607 
498 
1,316 
571 
152 
21 
$50,000 or more 
1,607 
1,293 
1,500 
7,435 
9,172 
5,470 
1,405 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,328 
773 
596 
1,785 
1,382 
850 
206 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
34,700 
35,224 
48,500 
78,471 
132,163 
216,027 
427,547 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
66 
28 
19 
37 
18 
4 
$1,000 to $4,999 
248 
119 
80 
164 
59 
17 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
194 
97 
82 
152 
68 
29 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
366 
212 
163 
380 
212 
56 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
203 
173 
111 
340 
243 
118 
16 
$50,000 or more 
251 
144 
141 
712 
782 
626 
177 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
84 
60 
68 
383 
587 
418 
126 
$1,000 
1,492 
1,320 
1,819 
15,195 
48,353 
62,647 
37,255 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
3,513 
2,417 
2,197 
8,609 
8,973 
5,283 
1,172 
$1,000 
70,127 
49,923 
47,985 
235,897 
378,644 
403,890 
213,593 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
427 
292 
351 
1,742 
2,767 
2,029 
537 
$1,000 
4,717 
3,765 
4,640 
26,136 
51,320 
51,171 
23,516 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
1,359 
953 
713 
2,116 
1,509 
767 
198 
$1,000 
40,602 
28,611 
22,581 
71,747 
53,095 
36,898 
17,196 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
43 
28 
31 
81 
73 
25 
11 
$1,000 
333 
259 
429 
717 
568 
(D) 
150 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
10 
9 
7 
42 
30 
24 
5 
$1,000 
21 
106 
30 
370 
196 
(D) 
78 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
1,854 
1,326 
1,337 
5,864 
6,690 
4,085 
851 
$1,000 
1,682 
1,439 
1,478 
10,992 
21,495 
23,300 
9,486 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
956 
705 
716 
3,245 
3,986 
2,559 
597 
$1,000 
19,571 
13,937 
17,312 
116,685 
242,124 
281,407 
157,237 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
110 
70 
43 
248 
292 
157 
34 
$1,000 
395 
370 
232 
2,006 
2,844 
2,558 
583 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
250 
172 
148 
568 
566 
401 
126 
$1,000 
2,806 
1,395 
1,284 
7,243 
6,991 
6,732 
5,345 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
5,368 
3,500 
3,165 
11,701 
11,537 
6,579 
1,645 
acres 
643,292 
519,633 
581,786 
3,547,867 
7,131,364 
7,917,270 
4,607,913 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
4,391 
2,937 
2,788 
10,903 
11,336 
6,531 
1,634 
acres 
509,125 
422,461 
489,905 
3,213,969 
6,840,761 
7,713,902 
4,497,111 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
530 
304 
215 
331 
66 
14 
2 
50 to 99 acres 
737 
376 
235 
418 
84 
6 
1 
100 to 199 acres 
3,124 
1,812 
870 
1,144 
231 
25 
2 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
445 
1,468 
9,010 
2,419 
134 
14 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,536 
1,306 
25 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,046 
295 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1,295 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
391 
252 
211 
831 
829 
431 
118 
acres 
11,958 
8,759 
(D) 
(D) 
54,732 
46,231 
24,258 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
161 
97 
105 
299 
198 
81 
29 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,016 
9,472 
8,597 
(D) 
3,109 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
2,129 
1,327 
1,132 
4,015 
3,862 
2,278 
637 
acres 
118,218 
85,485 
80,795 
284,468 
226,155 
147,953 
83,435 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
1 
2 
1 
1 
7 
1 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,119 
(D) 
Total woodland 
...farms 
1,641 
1,188 
982 
3,056 
2,465 
1,247 
318 
acres 
80,379 
72,183 
64,474 
226,825 
232,264 
144,715 
84,219 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
506 
408 
352 
1,185 
1,100 
574 
149 
acres 
18,325 
17,940 
17,067 
66,645 
85,640 
59,504 
28,386 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
1,297 
905 
768 
2,266 
1,762 
870 
235 
acres 
62,054 
54,243 
47,407 
160,180 
146,624 
85,211 
55,833 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
1,795 
1,260 
1,168 
4,123 
3,931 
2,147 
568 
acres 
82,901 
70,606 
72,141 
312,536 
455,410 
392,794 
261,622 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 65 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
