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 
$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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
15 
30 
18 
17 
18 
20 
$1,000 
(D) 
259 
(D) 
56 
29 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
14 
29 
18 
17 
17 
20 
$1,000 
133 
(D) 
(D) 
56 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
1,051 
1,415 
1,057 
977 
1,010 
725 
$1,000 
7,602 
6,859 
3,330 
2,163 
1,250 
354 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
2 
8 
6 
4 
7 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
1 
4 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
2,229 
2,645 
1,559 
992 
561 
147 
$1,000 
47,776 
30,677 
9,185 
3,065 
875 
101 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
43 
12 
3 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,113 
74 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
141 
151 
117 
80 
54 
14 
$1,000 
1,473 
874 
314 
114 
47 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
292 
531 
369 
403 
354 
252 
$1,000 
3,130 
3,666 
1,385 
887 
443 
116 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
211 
369 
400 
347 
285 
115 
$1,000 
3,348 
2,781 
1,630 
910 
412 
65 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
216 
348 
324 
299 
342 
285 
$1,000 
501 
479 
311 
208 
178 
91 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
5 
7 
4 
- 
4 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
84 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
108 
172 
150 
117 
96 
50 
$1,000 
715 
632 
271 
121 
65 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
5,210 
6,179 
5,401 
5,059 
5,710 
1,226 
$1,000 
41,364 
49,698 
29,292 
15,984 
8,921 
620 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
211 
120 
40 
20 
13 
3 
$1,000 
1,859 
528 
71 
25 
8 
(Z) 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
285 
429 
436 
299 
257 
136 
$1,000 
1,914 
1,968 
1,154 
433 
199 
46 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
6,501 
8,687 
7,901 
7,476 
7,911 
5,386 
$1,000 
232,732 
179,928 
98,766 
72,920 
67,486 
66,989 
Average per farm 
dollars 
35,799 
20,712 
12,500 
9,754 
8,531 
12,438 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
4,610 
3,870 
2,190 
1,562 
1,022 
870 
$1,000 
26,721 
12,858 
4,575 
2,712 
1,687 
1,038 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,615 
3,183 
2,029 
1,473 
960 
833 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,920 
655 
140 
73 
52 
31 
$25,000 to $49,999 
69 
15 
17 
11 
9 
6 
$50,000 or more 
6 
17 
4 
5 
1 
- 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
4,763 
4,104 
2,529 
1,773 
1,339 
880 
$1,000 
12,220 
6,213 
2,240 
1,352 
1,092 
430 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,152 
3,885 
2,455 
1,722 
1,300 
869 
$5,000 to $24,999 
597 
208 
69 
45 
33 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
9 
4 
6 
4 
1 
$50,000 or more 
- 
2 
1 
- 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 111 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
