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 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,094 
4 
12 
7 
39 
38 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,002 
13 
40 
22 
128 
230 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,621 
16 
53 
66 
205 
333 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,870 
49 
143 
233 
679 
1,496 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8,603 
119 
258 
559 
1,685 
2,516 
$50,000 or more 
31,968 
6,426 
8,135 
7,709 
5,993 
1,410 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
26,479 
722 
1,010 
1,163 
1,499 
1,765 
Average net loss 
dollars 
39,050 
365,879 
206,698 
107,759 
67,554 
44,923 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,115 
4 
7 
8 
30 
43 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,846 
19 
40 
38 
126 
162 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,027 
19 
14 
61 
99 
230 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,929 
51 
92 
178 
321 
483 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,780 
64 
134 
214 
308 
372 
$50,000 or more 
3,782 
565 
723 
664 
615 
475 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,847 
476 
513 
417 
259 
102 
$1,000 
169,003 
85,513 
49,806 
24,643 
7,313 
1,361 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
54,212 
5,532 
7,540 
7,447 
7,197 
4,970 
$1,000 
1,887,251 
489,349 
369,565 
255,721 
168,745 
101,125 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
9,663 
2,132 
2,578 
1,914 
1,235 
638 
$1,000 
186,534 
73,348 
54,935 
28,205 
13,599 
7,106 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
21,478 
786 
1,023 
1,219 
1,646 
1,660 
$1,000 
673,937 
37,491 
33,376 
44,661 
56,626 
51,941 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
577 
30 
15 
43 
66 
39 
$1,000 
4,611 
303 
151 
356 
621 
343 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
275 
15 
19 
8 
31 
27 
$1,000 
4,394 
68 
70 
55 
1,744 
456 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,533 
4,329 
5,939 
5,539 
4,903 
2,766 
$1,000 
80,621 
37,123 
20,107 
12,306 
5,942 
1,811 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
15,255 
2,446 
3,243 
3,090 
2,746 
1,706 
$1,000 
880,516 
322,412 
251,428 
162,051 
84,041 
35,548 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,318 
144 
211 
235 
224 
118 
$1,000 
10,042 
2,087 
2,438 
2,445 
1,314 
584 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,671 
494 
559 
508 
535 
332 
$1,000 
46,542 
16,517 
7,049 
5,641 
4,859 
3,336 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
80,426 
6,825 
9,447 
9,606 
10,082 
7,513 
acres 
26,256,347 
9,351,602 
7,586,787 
4,390,114 
2,374,215 
985,178 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
63,214 
6,708 
9,410 
9,567 
10,024 
7,290 
acres 
24,507,219 
9,196,476 
7,441,964 
4,241,366 
2,202,755 
819,500 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
108 
87 
90 
245 
686 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
78 
109 
147 
456 
2,874 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
201 
241 
452 
4,072 
3,232 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
822 
1,312 
5,822 
5,006 
459 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
1,457 
5,250 
2,892 
239 
26 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
2,848 
2,331 
145 
4 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
1,295 
1,194 
80 
19 
2 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,243 
326 
556 
661 
750 
548 
acres 
223,963 
34,667 
36,277 
33,085 
39,578 
21,257 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,937 
72 
102 
183 
256 
215 
acres 
52,774 
(D) 
(D) 
7,899 
(D) 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
32,896 
2,387 
2,800 
2,576 
2,747 
2,018 
acres 
1,470,846 
113,659 
104,366 
107,356 
123,487 
138,367 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
15 
1 
2 
3 
2 
1 
acres 
1,545 
(D) 
(D) 
408 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
farms 
22,627 
1,000 
1,454 
1,737 
2,224 
1,912 
acres 
1,165,549 
91,298 
93,072 
113,702 
139,580 
112,737 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,565 
355 
647 
767 
936 
834 
acres 
347,743 
31,448 
44,209 
56,364 
59,378 
41,218 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,290 
774 
1,012 
1,222 
1,589 
1,321 
acres 
817,806 
59,850 
48,863 
57,338 
80,202 
71,519 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
