Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,267 
24,907 
1,434 
926 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
1,906,410 
1,558,686 
151,614 
96,997 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
58,909 
49,965 
3,166 
2,212 
acres 
1,294,425 
975,487 
107,112 
76,522 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,525 
1,121 
111 
83 
acres 
171,656 
99,530 
27,187 
18,091 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,483 
1,084 
110 
82 
acres 
170,542 
98,465 
(D) 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
53 
47 
1 
1 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
1,114 
1,065 
(D) 
(□) 
Programs 
farms 
34,568 
27,995 
2,256 
1,601 
acres 
1,306,040 
1,022,370 
105,813 
76,725 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
42,536 
34,766 
2,491 
1,726 
acres 
20,892,364 
14,924,723 
1,978,973 
1,447,124 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
512 
431 
32 
23 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
57,545 
36,349 
12,677 
11,279 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
88,637 
74,673 
4,986 
3,497 
$1,000 
195,641,346 
140,754,816 
17,844,941 
13,253,360 
Average per farm 
dollars 
2,207,220 
1,884,949 
3,579,009 
3,789,923 
Average per acre 
dollars 
6,389 
6,265 
6,463 
6,643 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
5,912 
5,166 
311 
216 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,794 
5,135 
264 
183 
$100,000 to $199,999 
11,214 
10,041 
499 
326 
$200,000 to $499,999 
18,001 
15,908 
887 
630 
$500,000 to $999,999 
11,731 
10,090 
744 
510 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
10,655 
9,159 
566 
386 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
13,474 
10,987 
707 
503 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
7,757 
5,657 
532 
390 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
4,099 
2,530 
476 
353 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
88,634 
74,673 
4,986 
3,497 
$1,000 
18,954,910 
13,964,211 
1,530,464 
1,146,143 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
6,676 
5,714 
433 
311 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,788 
5,099 
301 
205 
$10,000 to $19,999 
9,778 
8,649 
440 
304 
$20,000 to $49,999 
17,040 
14,958 
845 
595 
$50,000 to $99,999 
12,323 
10,796 
639 
427 
$100,000 to $199,999 
10,862 
9,443 
547 
346 
$200,000 to $499,999 
14,063 
11,429 
840 
598 
$500,000 or more 
12,104 
8,585 
941 
711 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
67,630 
57,786 
3,310 
2,242 
number 
137,117 
110,412 
8,969 
6,336 
Tractors, all 
farms 
70,810 
60,282 
3,610 
2,485 
number 
232,016 
190,451 
14,068 
9,709 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
27,050 
23,331 
1,368 
921 
number 
41,846 
35,982 
2,222 
1,528 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
48,404 
41,241 
2,517 
1,702 
number 
80,260 
67,617 
4,571 
3,068 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
45,484 
37,670 
2,482 
1,684 
number 
109,910 
86,852 
7,275 
5,113 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
33,430 
27,085 
1,942 
1,334 
number 
36,451 
29,377 
2,212 
1,536 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
2,580 
2,036 
217 
137 
number 
2,709 
2,129 
232 
146 
Hay balers 
farms 
21,739 
18,999 
1,155 
731 
number 
26,276 
22,945 
1,443 
905 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
