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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
85,307 
6,802 
9,281 
9,440 
9,884 
7,571 
acres 
29,067,738 
9,267,571 
7,866,299 
4,833,679 
2,871,099 
1,344,435 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,901 
384 
279 
262 
301 
224 
acres 
1,024,460 
384,242 
216,378 
134,084 
111,130 
48,387 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
74,673 
4,418 
7,366 
8,219 
8,911 
6,966 
acres 
22,466,500 
5,745,341 
6,165,579 
4,193,652 
2,567,998 
1,228,861 
Partnership 
farms 
4,986 
853 
528 
493 
588 
384 
acres 
2,761,129 
1,565,073 
462,846 
268,068 
191,267 
79,108 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,497 
671 
404 
323 
378 
245 
acres 
1,995,162 
1,165,077 
332,460 
180,773 
127,035 
49,662 
Corporation 
farms 
7,189 
2,030 
1,714 
938 
564 
300 
acres 
5,039,305 
2,616,257 
1,529,991 
491,294 
179,044 
57,596 
Family held 
farms 
6,739 
1,920 
1,667 
900 
537 
267 
acres 
4,847,309 
2,519,022 
1,493,162 
473,127 
173,386 
52,318 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
114 
16 
24 
15 
7 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
6,625 
1,904 
1,643 
885 
530 
266 
Other than family held 
farms 
450 
110 
47 
38 
27 
33 
acres 
191,996 
97,235 
36,829 
18,167 
5,658 
5,278 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
43 
8 
11 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
407 
102 
36 
37 
26 
32 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,789 
48 
43 
109 
165 
138 
acres 
355,797 
52,755 
41,013 
56,951 
50,652 
27,623 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
27,906 
5,600 
5,681 
4,230 
3,238 
1,942 
workers 
79,838 
26,825 
14,992 
9,855 
8,057 
4,679 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
11,099 
3,732 
2,631 
1,533 
973 
494 
workers 
25,620 
14,102 
4,757 
2,254 
1,483 
679 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
21,219 
3,897 
4,203 
3,215 
2,541 
1,554 
workers 
54,218 
12,723 
10,235 
7,601 
6,574 
4,000 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
54 
22 
4 
3 
9 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
2 
4 
2 
4 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,555 
2,036 
2,945 
2,908 
2,890 
2,289 
workers 
58,413 
4,083 
5,786 
6,262 
6,246 
5,168 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,707 
266 
155 
112 
118 
169 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,665 
326 
118 
91 
152 
266 
50 to 69 acres 
4,762 
49 
49 
37 
57 
345 
70 to 99 acres 
6,832 
68 
68 
68 
181 
1,505 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,665 
75 
45 
115 
610 
1,575 
140 to 179 acres 
5,529 
80 
104 
170 
1,579 
1,416 
180 to 219 acres 
3,603 
74 
97 
163 
1,366 
715 
220 to 259 acres 
3,227 
87 
97 
291 
1,459 
523 
260 to 499 acres 
1 1 ,824 
619 
914 
4,309 
3,625 
981 
500 to 999 acres 
11,581 
1,379 
4,782 
3,920 
974 
246 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,589 
2,882 
3,084 
442 
92 
42 
2,000 acres or more 
1,653 
1,444 
138 
41 
15 
5 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
43,727 
3,809 
7,804 
8,280 
8,749 
5,900 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
489 
2 
2 
3 
13 
30 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
533 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
515 
17 
13 
20 
47 
65 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
20,719 
6 
10 
47 
105 
309 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
20,719 
6 
10 
47 
105 
309 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,697 
225 
347 
364 
561 
973 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
2,129 
714 
505 
335 
165 
182 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,224 
197 
243 
345 
264 
113 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
3,310 
2,048 
596 
245 
176 
48 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
732 
164 
25 
42 
13 
13 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,621 
1 
4 
12 
51 
86 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,941 
166 
102 
66 
81 
66 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
26,827 
2,883 
3,913 
3,784 
3,585 
2,836 
number 
3,893,683 
1,778,767 
835,168 
527,692 
322,238 
179,375 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,975 
77 
104 
145 
211 
217 
10 to 49 
9,599 
322 
617 
782 
1,224 
1,286 
50 to 99 
4,580 
246 
614 
888 
1,028 
824 
100 to 199 
3,740 
386 
882 
1,053 
789 
414 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
