Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
5,775 
6,041 
4,328 
3,613 
3,206 
21,843 
percent 
6.5 
6.8 
4.9 
4.1 
3.6 
24.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
686,127 
486,028 
235,831 
152,074 
122,805 
1,633,153 
Average size of farm 
acres 
119 
80 
54 
42 
38 
75 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
5,775 
6,041 
4,328 
3,613 
3,206 
21,843 
$1,000 
231,345 
115,828 
39,857 
19,432 
10,593 
114,070 
Average per farm 
dollars 
40,060 
19,174 
9,209 
5,378 
3,304 
5,222 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
5,386 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,525 
5,386 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
2,916 
299 
4,261 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
3,560 
399 
196 
3,746 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
5,278 
635 
232 
144 
2,398 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,066 
689 
116 
55 
38 
537 
$50,000 to $99,999 
698 
68 
17 
11 
4 
124 
$100,000 to $249,999 
11 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
5,775 
6,041 
4,328 
3,613 
3,206 
21,843 
$1,000 
210,932 
99,521 
30,997 
13,101 
5,356 
1,204 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,490 
3,295 
1,715 
1,080 
608 
155 
$1,000 
138,479 
46,445 
10,830 
3,618 
1,023 
86 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
3,597 
2,187 
1,042 
559 
291 
94 
$1,000 
82,005 
25,199 
6,130 
1,735 
473 
49 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
25 
15 
23 
15 
10 
- 
$1,000 
173 
87 
90 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,854 
1,806 
775 
552 
311 
60 
$1,000 
55,692 
20,752 
4,421 
1,777 
514 
34 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
6 
4 
2 
5 
1 
- 
$1,000 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
225 
143 
71 
32 
12 
10 
$1,000 
581 
394 
158 
52 
18 
3 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
99 
185 
147 
106 
76 
24 
$1,000 
1,692 
1,757 
766 
304 
109 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
43 
106 
106 
106 
73 
53 
$1,000 
649 
1,003 
500 
292 
93 
21 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
25 
84 
84 
88 
57 
29 
$1,000 
511 
914 
445 
249 
74 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
19 
30 
34 
27 
19 
24 
$1,000 
138 
90 
55 
42 
18 
11 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
92 
141 
57 
35 
17 
4 
$1,000 
2,231 
1,470 
248 
92 
22 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 83 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
