Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
137 
2 
2 
4 
6 
5 
$1,000 
774 
(D) 
(D) 
70 
(D) 
16 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
134 
2 
2 
4 
6 
5 
$1,000 
735 
(D) 
(D) 
70 
(D) 
16 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
38 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
11,206 
591 
876 
1,060 
1,371 
1,073 
$1,000 
96,776 
16,795 
14,525 
16,585 
16,681 
10,631 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
314 
82 
68 
64 
64 
36 
$1,000 
32,406 
11,557 
6,682 
6,625 
5,093 
2,449 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
38 
- 
- 
4 
2 
3 
$1,000 
34 
- 
- 
10 
(D) 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
24,573 
2,865 
3,819 
3,691 
3,413 
2,652 
$1,000 
4,504,373 
3,036,339 
772,178 
353,545 
165,529 
85,103 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8,984 
2,342 
2,714 
2,042 
1,218 
668 
$1,000 
4,247,789 
3,024,590 
745,426 
315,850 
117,569 
44,355 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
1,523 
244 
338 
428 
319 
134 
$1,000 
799,467 
522,944 
134,950 
98,563 
34,806 
7,003 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,353 
243 
330 
421 
283 
76 
$1,000 
795,216 
(D) 
134,862 
98,439 
33,871 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
6,616 
3,048 
1,642 
757 
434 
178 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
6,025,131 
576,492 
123,516 
34,989 
4,469 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,380 
3,004 
1,480 
618 
235 
43 
$1,000 
6,753,051 
6,024,274 
573,117 
121,068 
31,523 
3,068 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
3,513 
132 
197 
272 
372 
339 
$1,000 
43,020 
3,616 
6,373 
7,809 
9,065 
6,529 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
191 
12 
22 
40 
63 
54 
$1,000 
23,160 
2,333 
4,832 
5,809 
6,430 
3,755 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,355 
71 
105 
123 
159 
170 
$1,000 
14,750 
603 
(D) 
(D) 
1,607 
1,888 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
30 
2 
3 
1 
9 
15 
$1,000 
2,619 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
992 
1,033 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
2,853 
238 
143 
208 
221 
229 
$1,000 
1,291,808 
1,254,895 
17,795 
13,558 
2,722 
1,069 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
292 
178 
34 
50 
22 
8 
$1,000 
1,288,667 
1,254,826 
17,667 
13,261 
2,351 
562 
Aquaculture 
farms 
48 
4 
1 
4 
10 
8 
$1,000 
7,690 
3,626 
(D) 
(D) 
1,379 
477 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
3 
1 
4 
9 
7 
$1,000 
7,423 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
938 
28 
44 
28 
74 
71 
$1,000 
26,186 
14,773 
5,354 
1,551 
2,029 
662 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
42 
8 
9 
6 
14 
5 
$1,000 
23,580 
14,666 
5,261 
1,472 
1,843 
338 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
69,463 
6,342 
9,028 
9,145 
9,365 
6,798 
$1,000 
782,290 
209,201 
188,907 
115,866 
76,632 
45,804 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
6,255 
1,213 
1,725 
1,413 
1,037 
460 
$1,000 
668,830 
268,810 
232,341 
113,557 
43,178 
8,454 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
2,964 
120 
217 
230 
271 
284 
$1,000 
17,522 
1,235 
1,747 
2,811 
3,227 
2,786 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
88,637 
7,349 
9,651 
9,759 
10,228 
7,788 
$1,000 
23,711,880 
13,672,705 
4,975,463 
2,555,036 
1,276,396 
513,459 
Average per farm 
dollars 
267,517 
1,860,485 
515,539 
261,813 
124,794 
65,930 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
56,317 
6,651 
9,338 
9,481 
9,833 
6,890 
$1,000 
2,587,059 
992,479 
795,522 
444,804 
225,707 
78,954 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
14,507 
234 
206 
303 
861 
1,810 
$5,000 to $24,999 
16,836 
737 
963 
2,171 
5,562 
4,532 
$25,000 to $49,999 
9,105 
775 
1,669 
3,422 
2,652 
460 
$50,000 or more 
15,869 
4,905 
6,500 
3,585 
758 
88 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
57,741 
6,710 
9,372 
9,521 
9,836 
6,914 
$1,000 
1,152,179 
455,190 
339,662 
197,426 
100,897 
35,457 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
23,463 
332 
486 
877 
2,970 
4,415 
$5,000 to $24,999 
20,297 
1,474 
3,357 
5,931 
6,186 
2,387 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8,117 
1,836 
3,405 
2,143 
591 
104 
$50,000 or more 
5,864 
3,068 
2,124 
570 
89 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
110 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
