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) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland farms 
80,426 
43,727 
489 
533 
515 
19,713 
- 
acres 
26,256,347 
21,624,128 
9,968 
6,968 
13,484 
1,019,857 
- 
Harvested cropland farms 
63,214 
43,727 
489 
533 
515 
4,572 
- 
acres 
24,507,219 
21,033,196 
7,904 
3,356 
10,788 
171,979 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
6,413 
471 
527 
483 
3,844 
- 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
4,965 
10 
5 
12 
374 
- 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
7,117 
3 
1 
11 
215 
- 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
10,861 
3 
- 
5 
108 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
8,422 
- 
- 
2 
27 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
4,764 
2 
- 
2 
2 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1,295 
1,185 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
5,243 
2,182 
18 
24 
15 
732 
- 
acres 
223,963 
100,003 
191 
379 
194 
27,389 
- 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 
1,937 
901 
43 
18 
30 
496 
- 
acres 
52,774 
27,112 
239 
95 
253 
(D) 
- 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) farms 
32,896 
11,961 
106 
157 
102 
16,431 
- 
acres 
1,470,846 
462,929 
1,634 
3,138 
2,249 
808,906 
- 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 
15 
8 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
acres 
1,545 
888 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Total woodland farms 
22,627 
8,385 
132 
239 
147 
7,672 
_ 
acres 
1,165,549 
451,865 
2,673 
6,709 
4,964 
434,108 
- 
Woodland pastured farms 
7,565 
2,849 
22 
18 
16 
1,131 
- 
acres 
347,743 
155,032 
373 
258 
456 
43,697 
- 
Woodland not pastured farms 
17,290 
6,425 
116 
229 
137 
6,950 
- 
acres 
817,806 
296,833 
2,300 
6,451 
4,508 
390,411 
- 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 
28,267 
11,568 
80 
94 
80 
3,661 
- 
acres 
1,906,410 
915,881 
1,356 
1,431 
1,114 
185,937 
- 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 
58,909 
27,142 
338 
392 
339 
13,592 
- 
acres 
1,294,425 
749,976 
2,120 
3,294 
4,635 
246,509 
- 
Irrigated land farms 
1,525 
589 
218 
78 
308 
78 
- 
acres 
171,656 
155,253 
696 
319 
2,001 
1,268 
- 
Harvested cropland farms 
1,483 
582 
218 
78 
308 
73 
- 
acres 
170,542 
154,959 
696 
319 
(D) 
1,176 
- 
Pastureland and other land farms 
53 
12 
- 
- 
3 
7 
- 
acres 
1,114 
294 
- 
(D) 
92 
- 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 
34,568 
13,199 
49 
117 
63 
16,863 
- 
acres 
1,306,040 
417,759 
1,318 
3,261 
1,842 
724,691 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 
42,536 
34,689 
13 
18 
45 
1,208 
- 
acres 
20,892,364 
18,210,167 
3,787 
278 
1,938 
88,140 
- 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) farms 
512 
206 
46 
10 
11 
30 
- 
$1,000 
57,545 
25,519 
1,086 
(D) 
275 
737 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 
88,637 
43,727 
489 
533 
515 
20,719 
- 
$1,000 
195,641,346 
154,725,742 
124,991 
144,366 
203,199 
8,169,109 
- 
Average per farm dollars 
2,207,220 
3,538,449 
255,605 
270,855 
394,561 
394,281 
- 
Average per acre dollars 
6,389 
6,517 
7,755 
7,845 
8,398 
4,331 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
5,912 
872 
118 
102 
85 
2,537 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,794 
1,035 
76 
54 
66 
2,692 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
11,214 
2,363 
119 
122 
114 
4,573 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
18,001 
5,335 
143 
180 
150 
6,663 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
11,731 
6,084 
23 
54 
61 
2,786 
- 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
10,655 
7,363 
4 
18 
23 
1,032 
_ 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
13,474 
10,626 
2 
3 
11 
358 
- 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
7,757 
6,538 
3 
- 
5 
53 
- 
$10,000,000 or more 
4,099 
3,511 
1 
- 
- 
25 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
170 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
