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 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
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 
354 
815 
882 
612 
299 
2,641 
$5,000 to $9,999 
521 
927 
425 
160 
110 
1,838 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,757 
1,187 
332 
194 
138 
2,852 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,046 
345 
151 
115 
74 
2,038 
$50,000 or more 
334 
133 
71 
44 
33 
1,886 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,692 
2,454 
2,259 
2,216 
2,299 
9,572 
Average net loss 
dollars 
26,425 
19,104 
12,046 
9,334 
8,532 
10,618 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
76 
167 
212 
273 
277 
1,025 
$1,000 to $4,999 
304 
596 
666 
756 
935 
3,224 
$5,000 to $9,999 
262 
479 
549 
538 
534 
2,276 
$10,000 to $24,999 
509 
681 
584 
496 
412 
2,169 
$25,000 to $49,999 
319 
319 
175 
120 
101 
687 
$50,000 or more 
222 
212 
73 
33 
40 
191 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
39 
30 
8 
5 
4 
- 
$1,000 
250 
197 
8 
4 
2 
" 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
3,423 
3,007 
1,838 
1,275 
1,024 
11,581 
$1,000 
57,757 
43,553 
23,254 
12,977 
11,386 
372,736 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
395 
307 
155 
93 
68 
201 
$1,000 
3,873 
1,999 
1,076 
805 
444 
1,421 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,372 
1,529 
1,038 
741 
628 
10,175 
$1,000 
36,260 
31,623 
18,377 
10,576 
8,887 
359,310 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
47 
48 
38 
31 
32 
202 
$1,000 
209 
241 
194 
129 
463 
1,714 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
42 
31 
21 
20 
20 
47 
$1,000 
169 
918 
117 
195 
270 
387 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,735 
1,185 
666 
441 
279 
2,042 
$1,000 
1,060 
547 
191 
106 
91 
1,512 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,054 
568 
207 
72 
49 
223 
$1,000 
14,700 
6,330 
1,850 
462 
383 
4,001 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
102 
62 
22 
22 
14 
182 
$1,000 
335 
122 
58 
69 
18 
724 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
210 
253 
161 
110 
100 
452 
$1,000 
1,112 
1,773 
1,391 
636 
829 
3,667 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,373 
5,144 
3,377 
2,756 
2,403 
18,831 
acres 
423,319 
248,441 
108,045 
67,825 
49,858 
837,793 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,257 
4,899 
3,137 
2,571 
2,226 
2,904 
acres 
345,595 
172,563 
60,909 
35,762 
23,375 
31,564 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,973 
3,848 
2,966 
2,486 
2,195 
2,850 
50 to 99 acres 
2,421 
887 
145 
69 
28 
39 
100 to 199 acres 
799 
143 
25 
14 
3 
8 
200 to 499 acres 
64 
21 
1 
2 
- 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
440 
445 
309 
258 
199 
829 
acres 
15,996 
12,809 
5,816 
4,183 
2,482 
22,180 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
186 
221 
114 
98 
91 
437 
acres 
3,907 
3,714 
(D) 
1,150 
(D) 
10,265 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1,288 
1,292 
833 
671 
654 
16,210 
acres 
57,821 
59,355 
39,318 
26,730 
23,175 
773,733 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
3 
acres 
" 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
51 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,555 
1,867 
1,374 
1,194 
1,105 
7,587 
acres 
74,033 
78,261 
47,665 
35,229 
33,661 
388,493 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
710 
846 
561 
483 
320 
1,246 
acres 
29,312 
29,062 
13,610 
8,368 
5,227 
38,004 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,042 
1,248 
968 
823 
876 
6,723 
acres 
44,721 
49,199 
34,055 
26,861 
28,434 
350,489 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
2,273 
2,801 
2,012 
1,555 
1,314 
4,899 
acres 
133,778 
108,749 
52,313 
27,743 
19,475 
172,756 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 91 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
