Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
20,719 
9,697 
2,129 
1,224 
3,310 
732 
1,621 
3,941 
percent 
- 
23.4 
10.9 
2.4 
1.4 
3.7 
0.8 
1.8 
4.4 
Land in farms 
acres 
- 
1,886,411 
1,614,827 
934,772 
437,964 
1,404,960 
90,784 
55,707 
396,740 
Average size of farm 
acres 
- 
91 
167 
439 
358 
424 
124 
34 
101 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
20,719 
9,697 
2,129 
1,224 
3,310 
732 
1,621 
3,941 
$1,000 
- 
208,292 
1,304,073 
2,837,753 
976,400 
6,893,492 
1,345,728 
32,240 
508,216 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
- 
10,053 
134,482 
1,332,904 
797,712 
2,082,626 
1,838,426 
19,889 
128,956 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,808 
921 
14 
25 
201 
348 
1,734 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
5,801 
584 
1 
- 
27 
108 
294 
456 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
4,677 
940 
- 
2 
26 
60 
260 
425 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
4,201 
1,404 
12 
2 
41 
51 
217 
365 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
2,919 
2,060 
66 
6 
43 
41 
262 
315 
$25,000 to $49,999 
_ 
836 
1,318 
149 
38 
35 
14 
86 
165 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
309 
973 
182 
113 
48 
13 
86 
66 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
105 
561 
165 
264 
176 
13 
51 
81 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
47 
364 
335 
345 
245 
42 
12 
66 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
10 
347 
505 
243 
596 
25 
4 
102 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
6 
225 
714 
197 
2,048 
164 
1 
166 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
4 
143 
452 
148 
1,310 
48 
1 
118 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
1 
54 
145 
22 
526 
61 
- 
42 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
1 
28 
117 
27 
212 
55 
- 
6 
Total sales 
farms 
_ 
20,719 
9,697 
2,129 
1,224 
3,310 
732 
1,621 
3,941 
$1,000 
- 
85,496 
1,269,383 
2,817,569 
959,021 
6,857,092 
1,342,883 
29,958 
498,946 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
516 
2,606 
1,676 
947 
2,130 
153 
154 
506 
$1,000 
- 
25,053 
242,419 
408,510 
97,413 
844,915 
43,936 
3,079 
141,283 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
98 
845 
1,291 
467 
1,886 
102 
15 
334 
$1,000 
- 
19,782 
218,716 
400,644 
89,006 
839,653 
43,100 
1,701 
139,017 
Corn 
farms 
- 
396 
2,166 
1,596 
865 
1,990 
142 
118 
457 
$1,000 
- 
16,952 
168,441 
308,594 
72,409 
606,434 
32,359 
1,933 
99,449 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
61 
618 
1,150 
394 
1,685 
96 
7 
295 
$1,000 
- 
12,558 
148,167 
299,267 
64,598 
599,218 
31,622 
862 
97,135 
Wheat 
farms 
- 
9 
23 
18 
19 
9 
4 
1 
3 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
255 
249 
115 
(D) 
67 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
- 
257 
1,436 
988 
437 
1,652 
104 
82 
361 
$1,000 
- 
7,421 
72,835 
99,097 
23,350 
236,993 
11,085 
1,043 
41,323 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
33 
384 
606 
145 
1,258 
58 
4 
217 
$1,000 
- 
4,479 
56,787 
89,584 
17,302 
226,395 
10,212 
302 
38,870 
Sorghum 
farms 
- 
1 
7 
3 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
49 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
2 
4 
5 
15 
2 
3 
2 
4 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
29 
(D) 
73 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
101 
264 
101 
332 
69 
23 
42 
92 
$1,000 
- 
348 
831 
438 
1,500 
1,233 
353 
97 
490 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
81 
30 
19 
36 
12 
14 
28 
22 
$1,000 
- 
1,054 
443 
158 
308 
370 
347 
206 
74 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
3 
2 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
381 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
- 
43 
18 
4 
9 
5 
4 
5 
9 
$1,000 
- 
157 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
- 
21 
10 
1 
1 
2 
- 
2 
5 
$1,000 
- 
44 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
- 
23 
8 
3 
8 
3 
4 
3 
6 
$1,000 
- 
113 
6 
15 
9 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 161 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
