Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
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 
6,002 
13 
38 
23 
114 
211 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,621 
16 
52 
63 
188 
321 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,870 
48 
131 
234 
634 
1,363 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8,603 
117 
251 
538 
1,561 
2,367 
$50,000 or more 
31,968 
6,045 
8,152 
7,752 
6,049 
1,469 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
26,479 
676 
1,001 
1,152 
1,454 
1,704 
Average net loss 
dollars 
39,050 
378,782 
207,575 
110,135 
70,295 
47,151 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,115 
4 
6 
9 
29 
37 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,846 
15 
40 
38 
125 
147 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,027 
15 
18 
60 
91 
205 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,929 
51 
91 
169 
295 
472 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,780 
63 
132 
202 
302 
360 
$50,000 or more 
3,782 
528 
714 
674 
612 
483 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,847 
433 
534 
422 
265 
107 
$1,000 
169,003 
79,393 
54,309 
25,458 
7,946 
1,435 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
54,212 
5,197 
7,526 
7,456 
7,092 
4,793 
$1,000 
1,887,251 
463,797 
377,073 
262,739 
166,356 
95,623 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
9,663 
2,012 
2,596 
1,946 
1,235 
655 
$1,000 
186,534 
70,268 
56,726 
28,563 
14,062 
7,297 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
21,478 
735 
1,027 
1,195 
1,570 
1,468 
$1,000 
673,937 
36,345 
32,471 
44,344 
52,245 
43,500 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
577 
30 
14 
41 
63 
31 
$1,000 
4,611 
303 
147 
353 
590 
268 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
275 
15 
18 
8 
28 
25 
$1,000 
4,394 
68 
55 
66 
1,676 
474 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,533 
4,061 
5,948 
5,539 
4,911 
2,726 
$1,000 
80,621 
35,559 
20,845 
12,758 
6,029 
1,922 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
15,255 
2,288 
3,221 
3,117 
2,723 
1,733 
$1,000 
880,516 
303,809 
256,650 
168,529 
85,491 
38,311 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,318 
138 
208 
230 
218 
120 
$1,000 
10,042 
2,073 
2,397 
2,320 
1,406 
521 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,671 
459 
565 
509 
536 
316 
$1,000 
46,542 
15,372 
7,771 
5,805 
4,856 
3,330 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
80,426 
6,395 
9,433 
9,617 
9,891 
7,206 
acres 
26,256,347 
8,856,768 
7,773,900 
4,516,163 
2,418,450 
955,785 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
63,214 
6,278 
9,398 
9,577 
9,845 
7,122 
acres 
24,507,219 
8,710,141 
7,632,136 
4,372,211 
2,265,863 
857,100 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
108 
86 
91 
228 
530 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
74 
113 
147 
394 
2,559 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
201 
234 
432 
3,698 
3,427 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
808 
1,236 
5,574 
5,222 
558 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
1,307 
5,103 
3,130 
291 
33 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
2,603 
2,532 
181 
12 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
1,295 
1,177 
94 
22 
- 
2 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,243 
312 
542 
664 
715 
530 
acres 
223,963 
33,386 
35,236 
34,254 
36,487 
21,134 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,937 
69 
100 
177 
249 
195 
acres 
52,774 
(D) 
(D) 
7,579 
(D) 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
32,896 
2,256 
2,765 
2,561 
2,630 
1,736 
acres 
1,470,846 
106,895 
102,086 
101,711 
108,000 
72,022 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
15 
1 
2 
3 
2 
1 
acres 
1,545 
(D) 
(D) 
408 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
farms 
22,627 
940 
1,446 
1,699 
2,125 
1,735 
acres 
1,165,549 
88,290 
91,546 
111,525 
128,928 
87,918 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,565 
341 
629 
763 
894 
772 
acres 
347,743 
30,762 
43,161 
56,654 
55,623 
37,960 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,290 
724 
1,011 
1,185 
1,523 
1,167 
acres 
817,806 
57,528 
48,385 
54,871 
73,305 
49,958 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,267 
1,641 
2,702 
3,072 
3,372 
2,626 
acres 
1,906,410 
278,744 
300,663 
320,261 
301,282 
190,646 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
90 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
