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 
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 
74,673 
3,394 
2,460 
acres 
29,067,738 
22,466,500 
1,994,893 
1,455,623 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,901 
1,608 
1,195 
1,117 
acres 
1,024,460 
497,701 
501,510 
464,578 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
74,673 
74,673 
- 
- 
acres 
22,466,500 
22,466,500 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
4,986 
- 
4,986 
3,497 
acres 
2,761,129 
- 
2,761,129 
1,995,162 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,497 
- 
3,497 
3,497 
acres 
1,995,162 
- 
1,995,162 
1,995,162 
Corporation 
farms 
7,189 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
5,039,305 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
6,739 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,847,309 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
114 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
6,625 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
450 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
191,996 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
43 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
407 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,789 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
355,797 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
27,906 
20,933 
1,888 
1,378 
workers 
79,838 
51,182 
8,315 
6,890 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
11,099 
6,856 
966 
736 
workers 
25,620 
11,312 
4,237 
3,698 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
21,219 
16,553 
1,352 
977 
workers 
54,218 
39,870 
4,078 
3,192 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
54 
30 
13 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
10 
2 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,555 
22,682 
1,516 
1,056 
workers 
58,413 
49,896 
3,721 
2,646 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,707 
5,965 
312 
232 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,665 
18,257 
907 
667 
50 to 69 acres 
4,762 
4,224 
249 
169 
70 to 99 acres 
6,832 
6,026 
359 
229 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,665 
4,931 
353 
236 
140 to 179 acres 
5,529 
4,838 
295 
196 
180 to 219 acres 
3,603 
3,100 
217 
138 
220 to 259 acres 
3,227 
2,800 
179 
127 
260 to 499 acres 
11,824 
10,011 
624 
418 
500 to 999 acres 
11,581 
9,116 
684 
501 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,589 
4,447 
507 
357 
2,000 acres or more 
1,653 
958 
300 
227 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
43,727 
36,522 
2,376 
1,627 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
489 
426 
22 
16 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
533 
429 
43 
37 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
515 
376 
39 
32 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
20,719 
17,296 
1,292 
922 
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 
17,296 
1,292 
922 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,697 
8,969 
407 
241 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2,129 
1,754 
121 
87 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,224 
972 
134 
79 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
3,310 
2,231 
314 
286 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
732 
587 
46 
40 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,621 
1,555 
34 
16 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,941 
3,556 
158 
114 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
26,827 
23,502 
1,439 
931 
number 
3,893,683 
2,744,898 
400,947 
302,039 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,975 
3,710 
118 
74 
1 0 to 49 
9,599 
8,785 
396 
237 
50 to 99 
4,580 
4,081 
235 
148 
100 to 199 
3,740 
3,215 
211 
143 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
