Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
1,903 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,002 
5,363 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,621 
4,096 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,870 
7,705 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8,603 
7,348 
$50,000 or more 
31,968 
24,631 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
26,479 
23,627 
Average net loss 
dollars 
39,050 
32,136 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,115 
1,925 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,846 
6,310 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,027 
4,600 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,929 
5,318 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,780 
2,470 
$50,000 or more 
3,782 
3,004 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,847 
1,477 
$1,000 
169,003 
120,108 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
54,212 
44,695 
$1,000 
1,887,251 
1,387,484 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
9,663 
7,746 
$1,000 
186,534 
129,051 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
21,478 
17,612 
$1,000 
673,937 
499,222 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
577 
484 
$1,000 
4,611 
3,153 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
275 
200 
$1,000 
4,394 
1,216 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,533 
24,367 
$1,000 
80,621 
56,196 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
15,255 
12,535 
$1,000 
880,516 
658,786 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,318 
1,060 
$1,000 
10,042 
7,560 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,671 
2,991 
$1,000 
46,542 
32,260 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
80,426 
67,498 
acres 
26,256,347 
19,029,464 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
63,214 
53,337 
acres 
24,507,219 
17,658,185 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
15,901 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
6,216 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
7,931 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
11,462 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
7,577 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
3,516 
2,000 acres or more 
1,295 
734 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,243 
4,535 
acres 
223,963 
182,843 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,937 
1,676 
acres 
52,774 
43,211 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
32,896 
26,772 
acres 
1,470,846 
1,144,712 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
15 
11 
acres 
1,545 
513 
Total woodland 
farms 
22,627 
19,439 
acres 
1,165,549 
902,863 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,565 
6,696 
acres 
347,743 
281,491 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,290 
14,676 
acres 
817,806 
621,372 
Partnership 
100 
289 
245 
485 
506 
2,208 
1,153 
82,264 
79 
216 
178 
295 
126 
259 
139 
17,579 
3,178 
166,215 
544 
15,286 
1,413 
58,486 
48 
502 
21 
1,571 
1,540 
6,518 
855 
79,113 
100 
728 
218 
4,009 
4,527 
2,403,326 
3,407 
2,252,774 
692 
327 
459 
692 
563 
413 
261 
278 
20,064 
129 
(D) 
2,115 
125,569 
1 
(D) 
1,309 
99,077 
408 
37,048 
1,021 
62,029 
Registered 
under 
state law 
72 
189 
153 
351 
344 
1,603 
785 
96,955 
51 
145 
116 
194 
87 
192 
93 
13,279 
2,237 
134,916 
389 
11,291 
1,005 
45,765 
30 
(D) 
18 
(D) 
1,080 
4,973 
631 
67,147 
64 
504 
147 
3,405 
3,154 
1,747,758 
2,338 
1,645,423 
468 
211 
289 
460 
420 
287 
203 
161 
10,850 
91 
(D) 
1,501 
87,981 
1 
(D) 
890 
73,885 
265 
26,941 
701 
46,944 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
142 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
