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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
15 
24 
15 
19 
23 
23 
$1,000 
159 
250 
82 
(D) 
40 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
14 
24 
14 
19 
22 
23 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
886 
1,131 
937 
1,044 
1,225 
1,195 
$1,000 
7,240 
7,000 
3,943 
2,874 
1,747 
595 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
- 
5 
1 
4 
11 
8 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
2,171 
2,648 
1,691 
1,073 
640 
177 
$1,000 
49,662 
33,072 
10,341 
3,429 
1,027 
121 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
49 
12 
3 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,372 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
142 
153 
113 
83 
64 
16 
$1,000 
1,581 
902 
311 
124 
53 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
285 
469 
395 
414 
382 
293 
$1,000 
3,370 
3,557 
1,574 
980 
496 
133 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
187 
339 
387 
361 
323 
137 
$1,000 
3,131 
2,780 
1,728 
979 
473 
79 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
206 
324 
304 
271 
346 
388 
$1,000 
512 
459 
327 
214 
194 
120 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
3 
8 
4 
1 
3 
3 
$1,000 
104 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
94 
165 
136 
112 
107 
85 
$1,000 
752 
670 
303 
128 
76 
22 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
4,484 
3,533 
1,828 
1,196 
1,005 
17,683 
$1,000 
20,413 
16,306 
8,859 
6,330 
5,237 
112,866 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
224 
126 
38 
26 
15 
5 
$1,000 
2,011 
593 
82 
32 
9 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
278 
398 
437 
300 
273 
179 
$1,000 
1,963 
1,916 
1,224 
443 
220 
56 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
5,775 
6,041 
4,328 
3,613 
3,206 
21,843 
$1,000 
233,106 
152,285 
67,473 
40,281 
31,991 
237,996 
Average per farm 
dollars 
40,365 
25,208 
15,590 
11,149 
9,978 
10,896 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
4,596 
3,705 
2,043 
1,375 
868 
2,228 
$1,000 
29,647 
12,463 
3,764 
1,744 
953 
7,093 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,386 
2,954 
1,907 
1,328 
844 
1,952 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,109 
735 
126 
41 
21 
215 
$25,000 to $49,999 
94 
9 
8 
5 
3 
42 
$50,000 or more 
7 
7 
2 
1 
- 
19 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
4,665 
3,712 
2,073 
1,404 
959 
3,285 
$1,000 
13,247 
5,828 
1,637 
789 
473 
4,099 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,955 
3,499 
2,034 
1,384 
949 
3,109 
$5,000 to $24,999 
697 
208 
38 
18 
9 
153 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
4 
1 
2 
- 
20 
$50,000 or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 85 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
