Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
POULTRY - Con. 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
704 
170 
228 
26 
45 
48 
Farms with- 
number 
10,572,270 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
23,971 
1 to 1,999 
663 
165 
220 
25 
42 
46 
2,000 to 59,999 
22 
4 
7 
- 
2 
2 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
18 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
402 
78 
174 
16 
23 
24 
number 
4,383,172 
221,794 
1,161,067 
(D) 
(D) 
367,184 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
229 
39 
74 
6 
15 
15 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
10,908,278 
676,266 
2,644,222 
(D) 
(D) 
842,119 
Barley for grain 
farms 
79 
- 
9 
3 
6 
5 
acres 
2,153 
- 
61 
22 
125 
64 
bushels 
84,665 
- 
2,220 
518 
4,200 
1,950 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
50 
- 
9 
3 
4 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
27 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
47,477 
436 
2,886 
1,228 
2,795 
2,852 
acres 
13,709,408 
1,812 
49,449 
38,794 
120,723 
155,569 
bushels 
1,835,358,239 
226,585 
5,871,635 
4,636,194 
15,222,224 
19,206,704 
Irrigated 
farms 
529 
2 
13 
5 
5 
18 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111,521 
(D) 
217 
(D) 
235 
398 
1 to 24 acres 
5,000 
436 
2,175 
485 
558 
467 
25 to 99 acres 
12,364 
- 
711 
743 
2,237 
2,024 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12,359 
- 
- 
- 
- 
361 
250 to 499 acres 
9,524 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
8,230 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,934 
18 
126 
113 
251 
355 
acres 
392,304 
68 
1,359 
2,215 
5,175 
8,629 
tons 
5,654,303 
1,014 
16,648 
25,331 
69,895 
109,299 
Irrigated 
farms 
38 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,484 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
3,144 
18 
119 
85 
177 
246 
25 to 99 acres 
2,851 
- 
7 
28 
74 
93 
1 00 to 249 acres 
705 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
250 to 499 acres 
165 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
69 
" 
" 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
_ 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
2,594 
7 
106 
63 
174 
199 
acres 
57,259 
25 
891 
575 
1,962 
2,771 
bushels 
3,868,538 
1,931 
55,454 
35,109 
129,975 
189,175 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
356 
“ 
" 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
1,916 
7 
104 
63 
170 
184 
25 to 99 acres 
607 
- 
2 
- 
4 
15 
1 00 to 249 acres 
71 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
26 
2 
3 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
751 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
58,955 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41,710 
300 
2,084 
930 
2,214 
2,363 
acres 
9,301,594 
1,232 
34,361 
26,382 
84,015 
112,788 
bushels 
406,951,953 
47,490 
1,399,208 
1,055,210 
3,476,591 
4,615,870 
Irrigated 
farms 
311 
1 
6 
3 
6 
12 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
49,637 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
64 
406 
1 to 24 acres 
4,233 
300 
1,637 
442 
540 
410 
25 to 99 acres 
12,538 
- 
447 
488 
1,674 
1,831 
100 to 249 acres 
11,994 
- 
- 
- 
- 
122 
250 to 499 acres 
8,256 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
4,689 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
76 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
