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 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Soybeans for beans - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
311 
213 
30 
19 
acres 
49,637 
30,908 
6,448 
4,000 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,233 
3,895 
181 
107 
25 to 99 acres 
12,538 
11,097 
648 
418 
100 to 249 acres 
11,994 
9,964 
622 
446 
250 to 499 acres 
8,256 
6,243 
460 
347 
500 acres or more 
4,689 
3,007 
487 
348 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
5 
2 
2 
- 
acres 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
13,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
2 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
339 
235 
41 
28 
acres 
13,518 
7,143 
3,294 
2,900 
bushels 
655,679 
348,334 
136,555 
113,184 
Irrigated farms 
4 
3 
1 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
214 
160 
18 
11 
25 to 99 acres 
103 
67 
18 
12 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
5 
1 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
5 
1 
2 
2 
500 acres or more 
4 
2 
2 
2 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) farms 
26,219 
23,011 
1,358 
876 
acres 
996,316 
817,546 
83,520 
55,894 
tons, dry 
2,824,415 
2,264,388 
263,179 
180,701 
Irrigated farms 
76 
62 
10 
9 
acres 
1,232 
840 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
14,677 
13,271 
562 
366 
25 to 99 acres 
9,271 
7,945 
570 
359 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,935 
1,567 
169 
110 
250 to 499 acres 
282 
192 
49 
34 
500 acres or more 
54 
36 
8 
7 
Alfalfa hay farms 
19,717 
17,306 
1,056 
669 
acres 
656,367 
543,432 
53,821 
36,048 
tons, dry 
2,037,729 
1,657,641 
174,092 
119,357 
Irrigated farms 
47 
43 
1 
1 
acres 
541 
516 
(D) 
(D) 
Other tame hay farms 
6,015 
5,282 
290 
186 
acres 
207,269 
177,255 
13,119 
8,918 
tons, dry 
359,021 
301,417 
28,439 
20,576 
Irrigated farms 
13 
9 
4 
3 
acres 
(D) 
29 
(D) 
6 
Field and grass seed crops, all farms 
10 
10 
- 
- 
acres 
556 
556 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Land in vegetables (see text) farms 
962 
832 
46 
31 
acres 
7,647 
5,824 
703 
236 
Irrigated farms 
331 
282 
14 
11 
acres 
2,082 
1,034 
403 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
729 
651 
29 
20 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
183 
143 
12 
8 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
38 
29 
4 
3 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
7 
6 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
5 
3 
1 
- 
Beans, snap farms 
321 
282 
12 
9 
acres 
107 
87 
11 
(D) 
Harvested for processing farms 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
“ 
- 
“ 
Peas, green farms 
42 
40 
2 
1 
acres 
409 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Harvested for processing farms 
7 
6 
1 
- 
acres 
402 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Potatoes farms 
373 
325 
20 
13 
acres 
1,028 
381 
(D) 
10 
Harvested for processing farms 
3 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
735 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
366 
322 
18 
13 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
2 
1 
1 
- 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
2 
1 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
2 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
156 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
