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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
643 
556 
33 
25 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
33,196,639 
5,817,925 
7,721,138 
7,718,961 
sold 
farms 
124 
94 
6 
6 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
21,603,577 
(D) 
6,295,346 
6,295,346 
sold 
farms 
704 
639 
29 
20 
Farms with- 
number 
10,572,270 
5,974,951 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 1,999 
663 
612 
21 
14 
2,000 to 59,999 
22 
16 
4 
4 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
18 
10 
4 
2 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
402 
333 
21 
18 
number 
4,383,172 
(D) 
462,721 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
229 
168 
17 
14 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
10,908,278 
3,897,614 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
79 
68 
8 
4 
acres 
2,153 
1,801 
236 
53 
bushels 
84,665 
71,683 
8,557 
2,377 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
50 
44 
5 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
27 
22 
3 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
" 
Corn for grain 
farms 
47,477 
39,074 
2,751 
1,887 
acres 
13,709,408 
9,759,510 
1,308,096 
968,931 
bushels 
1,835,358,239 
1,287,069,084 
175,887,144 
130,670,324 
Irrigated 
farms 
529 
347 
52 
35 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111,521 
63,953 
18,398 
12,247 
1 to 24 acres 
5,000 
4,610 
213 
136 
25 to 99 acres 
12,364 
10,997 
646 
413 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12,359 
10,565 
617 
400 
250 to 499 acres 
9,524 
7,444 
533 
395 
500 acres or more 
8,230 
5,458 
742 
543 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,934 
5,703 
513 
339 
acres 
392,304 
267,470 
56,876 
42,183 
tons 
5,654,303 
3,804,728 
791,553 
578,714 
Irrigated 
farms 
38 
20 
6 
6 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,484 
(D) 
1,090 
1,090 
1 to 24 acres 
3,144 
2,777 
154 
96 
25 to 99 acres 
2,851 
2,318 
239 
149 
1 00 to 249 acres 
705 
480 
73 
57 
250 to 499 acres 
165 
101 
26 
22 
500 acres or more 
69 
27 
21 
15 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
~ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
2,594 
2,174 
200 
129 
acres 
57,259 
45,158 
6,984 
5,389 
bushels 
3,868,538 
3,044,703 
461,791 
362,556 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
17 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
356 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
1,916 
1,647 
121 
76 
25 to 99 acres 
607 
483 
59 
34 
1 00 to 249 acres 
71 
44 
20 
19 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
26 
13 
5 
3 
acres 
751 
330 
199 
(D) 
bushels 
58,955 
20,730 
19,310 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
8 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
5 
5 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
" 
- 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41,710 
34,206 
2,398 
1,666 
acres 
9,301,594 
6,736,501 
790,364 
567,838 
bushels 
406,951,953 
290,894,430 
35,189,185 
25,382,093 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
154 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
