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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,266 
5,545 
3,977 
3,387 
2,994 
18,448 
acres 
623,786 
434,594 
204,743 
133,590 
108,520 
1,281,100 
Partnership 
farms 
259 
277 
167 
114 
100 
1,280 
acres 
33,833 
29,716 
11,431 
8,828 
4,999 
123,198 
Registered under state law 
farms 
175 
190 
99 
75 
70 
906 
acres 
21,848 
23,003 
7,121 
4,653 
3,506 
92,143 
Corporation 
farms 
170 
128 
119 
73 
63 
1,126 
acres 
19,950 
12,952 
11,003 
4,414 
3,799 
125,805 
Family held 
farms 
157 
120 
100 
56 
53 
992 
acres 
18,761 
12,434 
8,869 
3,961 
2,979 
100,363 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
3 
1 
5 
3 
35 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
152 
117 
99 
51 
50 
957 
Other than family held 
farms 
13 
8 
19 
17 
10 
134 
acres 
1,189 
518 
2,134 
453 
820 
25,442 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
16 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
13 
8 
18 
15 
8 
118 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
80 
91 
65 
39 
49 
989 
acres 
8,558 
8,766 
8,654 
5,242 
5,487 
103,050 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,232 
1,145 
683 
517 
457 
3,412 
workers 
2,694 
2,647 
1,682 
1,216 
1,002 
6,692 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
302 
221 
134 
106 
101 
918 
workers 
396 
352 
198 
137 
154 
1,169 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,001 
966 
579 
434 
380 
2,645 
workers 
2,298 
2,295 
1,484 
1,079 
848 
5,523 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
2 
1 
. 
1 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,735 
1,863 
1,454 
1,256 
1,139 
6,295 
workers 
3,895 
4,522 
3,548 
3,031 
2,797 
13,634 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
209 
503 
799 
942 
989 
2,450 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,059 
2,441 
2,160 
1,858 
1,579 
10,635 
50 to 69 acres 
733 
679 
404 
242 
200 
2,007 
70 to 99 acres 
1,347 
861 
351 
214 
174 
2,142 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
798 
609 
228 
149 
100 
1,473 
140 to 1 79 acres 
623 
366 
135 
73 
65 
1,041 
180 to 219 acres 
293 
206 
77 
47 
30 
597 
220 to 259 acres 
232 
109 
51 
22 
27 
410 
260 to 499 acres 
400 
212 
101 
49 
32 
828 
500 to 999 acres 
73 
47 
18 
15 
6 
206 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
8 
8 
3 
2 
3 
42 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,769 
2,747 
1,487 
994 
581 
158 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
46 
115 
115 
85 
61 
20 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
61 
68 
81 
56 
242 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
64 
112 
50 
47 
33 
48 
Other crop farming (1119) 
200 
403 
551 
777 
1,075 
17,432 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
200 
403 
551 
777 
1,075 
17,432 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,212 
2,013 
1,450 
971 
612 
1,118 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
151 
76 
13 
- 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
44 
6 
2 
- 
- 
16 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
34 
43 
38 
27 
28 
29 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
11 
18 
29 
36 
87 
295 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
84 
211 
212 
263 
306 
405 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
141 
236 
313 
332 
366 
2,080 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,291 
2,744 
1,757 
1,158 
760 
1,402 
number 
107,211 
79,895 
31,768 
12,782 
6,278 
26,646 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
225 
420 
609 
670 
550 
765 
1 0 to 49 
1,266 
1,968 
1,089 
467 
204 
530 
50 to 99 
635 
297 
44 
18 
6 
63 
1 00 to 1 99 
150 
54 
13 
3 
- 
24 
200 to 499 
11 
5 
1 
- 
- 
18 
500 or more 
4 
- 
1 
" 
- 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,996 
2,370 
1,458 
929 
554 
1,026 
number 
58,241 
44,701 
16,404 
7,052 
3,115 
12,297 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,948 
2,334 
1,435 
910 
534 
996 
number 
57,460 
44,531 
16,313 
7,003 
3,078 
12,210 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
272 
515 
719 
673 
448 
608 
10 to 49 
1,389 
1,752 
709 
230 
86 
362 
50 to 99 
265 
60 
5 
6 
- 
15 
100 to 199 
17 
7 
2 
1 
- 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 99 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
