Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries - Con. 
Berries - Con. 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
631 
42 
72 
2 
397 
47 
- 
$1,000 
99,218 
1,292 
638 
(D) 
94,428 
891 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
172 
7 
1 
147 
5 
- 
$1,000 
92,608 
845 
(D) 
- 
90,351 
345 
- 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
137 
16 
- 
1 
111 
4 
- 
$1,000 
774 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
643 
7 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
134 
16 
- 
1 
108 
4 
- 
$1,000 
735 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
605 
7 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
$1,000 
38 
- 
- 
- 
38 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
11,206 
5,188 
56 
43 
39 
4,398 
- 
$1,000 
96,776 
54,328 
103 
50 
95 
33,285 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
314 
176 
- 
- 
- 
108 
- 
$1,000 
32,406 
18,034 
- 
- 
- 
11,625 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
38 
6 
2 
- 
- 
17 
- 
$1,000 
34 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
13 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
24,573 
10,629 
17 
4 
13 
462 
_ 
$1,000 
4,504,373 
831,381 
131 
15 
30 
16,434 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
8,984 
4,021 
- 
- 
- 
58 
- 
$1,000 
4,247,789 
706,165 
- 
- 
- 
11,719 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
1,523 
144 
- 
- 
- 
33 
- 
$1,000 
799,467 
25,070 
- 
- 
- 
4,064 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,353 
123 
- 
- 
- 
27 
- 
$1,000 
795,216 
24,532 
- 
- 
- 
3,904 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
6,616 
2,255 
13 
2 
7 
44 
- 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
570,450 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,895 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,380 
1,704 
1 
14 
- 
$1,000 
6,753,051 
562,282 
- 
- 
(D) 
3,699 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
3,513 
981 
24 
8 
16 
140 
- 
$1,000 
43,020 
9,334 
41 
6 
31 
418 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
191 
24 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
23,160 
2,936 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
2,355 
408 
4 
1 
14 
35 
- 
$1,000 
14,750 
1,986 
(D) 
(D) 
29 
67 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
30 
5 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,619 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
2,853 
646 
88 
20 
46 
166 
- 
$1,000 
1,291,808 
9,458 
155 
6 
37 
142 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
292 
14 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
1,288,667 
8,793 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
48 
3 
1 
- 
1 
3 
- 
$1,000 
7,690 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
7,423 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
938 
141 
33 
13 
18 
54 
- 
$1,000 
26,186 
763 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
28 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
42 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
23,580 
371 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
69,463 
39,519 
98 
155 
113 
18,162 
- 
$1,000 
782,290 
534,500 
598 
693 
653 
122,796 
" 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
6,255 
5,513 
3 
- 
2 
74 
- 
$1,000 
668,830 
604,210 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,248 
- 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
2,964 
787 
384 
95 
102 
149 
- 
$1,000 
17,522 
4,717 
4,017 
358 
828 
888 
- 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
88,637 
43,727 
489 
533 
515 
20,719 
- 
$1,000 
23,711,880 
12,080,970 
12,766 
8,288 
68,079 
255,367 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
267,517 
276,282 
26,107 
15,550 
132,192 
12,325 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
162 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
