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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
74,673 
4,114 
7,309 
8,225 
8,718 
6,690 
acres 
22,466,500 
5,381,833 
6,265,848 
4,278,247 
2,592,919 
1,161,320 
Partnership 
farms 
4,986 
829 
534 
480 
586 
360 
acres 
2,761,129 
1,530,353 
486,708 
261,242 
196,602 
74,219 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,497 
654 
407 
317 
374 
230 
acres 
1,995,162 
1,143,057 
346,692 
177,940 
128,880 
46,319 
Corporation 
farms 
7,189 
1,931 
1,751 
959 
575 
294 
acres 
5,039,305 
2,494,740 
1,590,457 
532,721 
184,424 
59,040 
Family held 
farms 
6,739 
1,824 
1,703 
920 
549 
265 
acres 
4,847,309 
2,400,585 
1,552,402 
513,023 
178,783 
55,149 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
114 
16 
24 
14 
7 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
6,625 
1,808 
1,679 
906 
542 
264 
Other than family held 
farms 
450 
107 
48 
39 
26 
29 
acres 
191,996 
94,155 
38,055 
19,698 
5,641 
3,891 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
43 
8 
11 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
407 
99 
37 
38 
25 
28 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,789 
45 
43 
105 
157 
126 
acres 
355,797 
48,255 
41,693 
58,014 
44,256 
23,822 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
27,906 
5,321 
5,728 
4,302 
3,229 
1,880 
workers 
79,838 
25,929 
15,360 
10,036 
7,981 
4,599 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
11,099 
3,566 
2,712 
1,567 
964 
508 
workers 
25,620 
13,814 
4,924 
2,302 
1,483 
691 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
21,219 
3,698 
4,217 
3,278 
2,540 
1,481 
workers 
54,218 
12,115 
10,436 
7,734 
6,498 
3,908 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
54 
22 
4 
3 
9 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
2 
4 
2 
4 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,555 
1,920 
2,924 
2,908 
2,848 
2,213 
workers 
58,413 
3,889 
5,734 
6,219 
6,121 
5,023 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,707 
266 
155 
111 
119 
164 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,665 
326 
118 
91 
146 
252 
50 to 69 acres 
4,762 
49 
49 
37 
55 
307 
70 to 99 acres 
6,832 
67 
69 
68 
160 
1,379 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,665 
75 
42 
108 
531 
1,552 
140 to 179 acres 
5,529 
80 
100 
169 
1,452 
1,425 
180 to 219 acres 
3,603 
74 
94 
155 
1,295 
735 
220 to 259 acres 
3,227 
83 
94 
276 
1,419 
504 
260 to 499 acres 
1 1 ,824 
607 
867 
4,139 
3,706 
883 
500 to 999 acres 
11,581 
1,254 
4,616 
4,088 
1,029 
229 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,589 
2,619 
3,276 
481 
114 
33 
2,000 acres or more 
1,653 
1,419 
157 
46 
10 
7 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
43,727 
3,428 
7,788 
8,280 
8,617 
5,878 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
489 
2 
2 
3 
13 
27 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
533 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
515 
17 
13 
20 
46 
65 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
20,719 
6 
8 
43 
93 
131 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
20,719 
6 
8 
43 
93 
131 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,697 
225 
341 
358 
516 
881 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2,129 
683 
518 
349 
165 
173 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,224 
186 
247 
339 
268 
116 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
3,310 
2,042 
597 
249 
176 
47 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
732 
164 
25 
42 
12 
13 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,621 
1 
4 
12 
47 
76 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,941 
165 
94 
74 
80 
60 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
26,827 
2,695 
3,933 
3,805 
3,516 
2,766 
number 
3,893,683 
1,740,546 
852,838 
533,598 
320,990 
181,131 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,975 
72 
105 
139 
213 
207 
10 to 49 
9,599 
311 
584 
790 
1,161 
1,229 
50 to 99 
4,580 
212 
620 
870 
1,012 
803 
100 to 199 
3,740 
332 
888 
1,065 
790 
421 
200 to 499 
3,416 
705 
1,406 
864 
312 
94 
500 or more 
1,517 
1,063 
330 
77 
28 
12 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
21,115 
1,509 
2,830 
3,020 
3,000 
2,423 
number 
1,090,325 
265,294 
237,898 
204,461 
146,558 
94,304 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,677 
1,298 
2,558 
2,652 
2,732 
2,280 
number 
885,568 
144,875 
200,228 
175,576 
133,155 
91,139 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,209 
98 
150 
175 
265 
286 
1 0 to 49 
9,888 
410 
984 
1,177 
1,443 
1,346 
50 to 99 
3,297 
303 
722 
730 
682 
509 
100 to 199 
1,673 
283 
500 
437 
306 
110 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
