Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
88,637 
6,919 
9,637 
9,769 
10,036 
7,470 
percent 
100.0 
7.8 
10.9 
11.0 
11.3 
8.4 
Land in farms 
acres 
30,622,731 
9,455,181 
8,384,706 
5,130,224 
3,018,201 
1,318,401 
Average size of farm 
acres 
345 
1,367 
870 
525 
301 
176 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
88,637 
6,919 
9,637 
9,769 
10,036 
7,470 
$1,000 
31,603,822 
17,843,588 
7,228,766 
3,678,489 
1,739,489 
582,367 
Average per farm 
dollars 
356,553 
2,578,926 
750,105 
376,547 
173,325 
77,961 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
5,386 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,911 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,901 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,687 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,501 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,788 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,866 
$100,000 to $249,999 
10,228 
- 
- 
- 
9,602 
604 
$250,000 to $499,999 
9,759 
- 
- 
9,325 
434 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
9,651 
- 
9,207 
444 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
7,349 
6,919 
430 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
5,610 
5,180 
430 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,224 
1,224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
515 
515 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
88,637 
6,919 
9,637 
9,769 
10,036 
7,470 
$1,000 
30,821,532 
17,652,127 
7,035,084 
3,559,383 
1,666,502 
547,324 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
52,509 
6,070 
9,303 
9,453 
9,597 
6,743 
$1,000 
17,146,679 
6,771,307 
5,453,996 
2,917,038 
1,381,953 
421,905 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
38,452 
5,939 
9,091 
9,132 
9,000 
5,290 
$1,000 
16,875,788 
6,768,470 
5,449,106 
2,908,994 
1,367,653 
381,565 
Corn 
farms 
47,744 
5,924 
9,204 
9,352 
9,332 
6,162 
$1,000 
11,745,805 
4,853,301 
3,683,414 
1,934,242 
890,567 
268,691 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33,778 
5,762 
8,903 
8,870 
7,954 
2,289 
$1,000 
11,449,975 
4,849,466 
3,675,805 
1,922,357 
851,805 
150,543 
Wheat 
farms 
338 
51 
57 
47 
49 
46 
$1,000 
4,948 
2,042 
1,140 
551 
355 
454 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
9 
5 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
1,852 
1,261 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Soybeans 
farms 
41,621 
5,244 
8,438 
8,379 
8,221 
4,981 
$1,000 
5,375,888 
1,911,036 
1,764,697 
977,672 
487,876 
151,417 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
25,825 
4,906 
7,940 
7,477 
4,839 
663 
$1,000 
5,022,094 
1,900,780 
1,750,245 
951,257 
377,265 
42,547 
Sorghum 
farms 
47 
8 
10 
5 
7 
7 
$1,000 
581 
143 
214 
16 
47 
120 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
77 
6 
10 
14 
14 
15 
$1,000 
572 
116 
107 
135 
102 
63 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
2,629 
221 
423 
559 
559 
374 
$1,000 
18,885 
4,669 
4,422 
4,423 
3,006 
1,160 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
42 
15 
11 
10 
6 
- 
$1,000 
6,015 
3,153 
1,339 
1,074 
448 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
978 
23 
38 
64 
100 
116 
$1,000 
19,699 
4,969 
2,078 
2,629 
3,149 
2,235 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
79 
12 
10 
16 
21 
20 
$1,000 
11,660 
4,805 
1,766 
1,861 
2,013 
1,214 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
592 
13 
8 
15 
23 
46 
$1,000 
3,668 
(D) 
(D) 
64 
(D) 
274 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
1 
- 
3 
3 
$1,000 
708 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
162 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
422 
8 
3 
8 
13 
23 
$1,000 
2,976 
(D) 
(D) 
32 
(D) 
241 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
2 
3 
$1,000 
532 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
212 
6 
5 
7 
12 
29 
$1,000 
692 
87 
16 
32 
171 
33 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
631 
20 
29 
44 
95 
97 
$1,000 
99,218 
65,335 
9,045 
7,728 
8,248 
4,797 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
172 
18 
20 
28 
55 
51 
$1,000 
92,608 
(D) 
8,923 
7,381 
7,391 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
