Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
88,637 
7,349 
9,651 
9,759 
10,228 
7,788 
percent 
100.0 
8.3 
10.9 
11.0 
11.5 
8.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
30,622,731 
9,979,426 
8,199,429 
5,009,965 
2,988,961 
1,393,188 
Average size of farm 
acres 
345 
1,358 
850 
513 
292 
179 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
88,637 
7,349 
9,651 
9,759 
10,228 
7,788 
$1,000 
31,603,822 
18,282,455 
7,018,641 
3,562,810 
1,695,267 
569,898 
Average per farm 
dollars 
356,553 
2,487,747 
727,245 
365,079 
165,748 
73,176 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
5,386 
. 
_ 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,911 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,901 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,687 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,501 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,788 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,788 
$100,000 to $249,999 
10,228 
- 
- 
- 
10,228 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
9,759 
- 
- 
9,759 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
9,651 
- 
9,651 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
7,349 
7,349 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
5,610 
5,610 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,224 
1,224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
515 
515 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
88,637 
7,349 
9,651 
9,759 
10,228 
7,788 
$1,000 
30,821,532 
18,073,254 
6,829,733 
3,446,943 
1,618,635 
524,093 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
52,509 
6,496 
9,318 
9,440 
9,751 
6,821 
$1,000 
17,146,679 
7,124,050 
5,289,388 
2,819,238 
1,337,782 
398,918 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
38,452 
6,365 
9,104 
9,110 
9,086 
4,787 
$1,000 
16,875,788 
7,121,213 
5,284,426 
2,810,995 
1,321,548 
337,606 
Corn 
farms 
47,744 
6,350 
9,215 
9,335 
9,459 
6,164 
$1,000 
11,745,805 
5,095,111 
3,564,548 
1,868,391 
861,920 
254,040 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33,778 
6,187 
8,906 
8,828 
7,871 
1,986 
$1,000 
11,449,975 
5,091,246 
3,556,625 
1,855,956 
816,604 
129,544 
Wheat 
farms 
338 
55 
55 
47 
49 
47 
$1,000 
4,948 
2,071 
1,138 
533 
361 
463 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
9 
5 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
1,852 
1,261 
(□) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Soybeans 
farms 
41,621 
5,641 
8,456 
8,355 
8,284 
4,971 
$1,000 
5,375,888 
2,021,110 
1,719,621 
945,749 
472,390 
143,093 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
25,825 
5,292 
7,936 
7,423 
4,604 
570 
$1,000 
5,022,094 
2,010,550 
1,704,396 
918,493 
352,609 
36,046 
Sorghum 
farms 
47 
8 
10 
5 
7 
7 
$1,000 
581 
143 
214 
16 
47 
120 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
77 
6 
11 
16 
12 
14 
$1,000 
572 
116 
107 
182 
65 
52 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
2,629 
247 
419 
557 
565 
384 
$1,000 
18,885 
5,499 
3,760 
4,368 
2,999 
1,149 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
42 
19 
7 
10 
6 
- 
$1,000 
6,015 
3,769 
724 
1,074 
448 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
978 
23 
40 
64 
102 
121 
$1,000 
19,699 
4,969 
2,197 
2,565 
3,142 
2,252 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
79 
12 
12 
15 
20 
20 
$1,000 
11,660 
4,805 
1,885 
1,792 
1,963 
1,214 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
592 
13 
8 
15 
23 
51 
$1,000 
3,668 
(D) 
(D) 
64 
(D) 
282 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
1 
- 
3 
3 
$1,000 
708 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
162 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
422 
8 
3 
8 
13 
27 
$1,000 
2,976 
(D) 
(D) 
32 
423 
248 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
2 
3 
$1,000 
532 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
212 
6 
5 
7 
12 
30 
$1,000 
692 
87 
16 
32 
(D) 
34 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
631 
20 
29 
46 
94 
100 
$1,000 
99,218 
65,335 
9,045 
7,802 
8,246 
4,793 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
172 
18 
20 
29 
55 
50 
$1,000 
92,608 
(D) 
8,923 
7,431 
7,413 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
