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 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
- 
19,713 
6,504 
1,913 
1,160 
2,475 
444 
765 
2,188 
acres 
- 
1,019,857 
848,055 
762,357 
352,076 
1,267,940 
67,276 
21,792 
262,446 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
4,572 
5,580 
1,864 
1,141 
2,299 
298 
562 
1,634 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
- 
171,979 
686,741 
725,922 
335,557 
1,231,805 
58,659 
12,748 
228,564 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
3,844 
3,201 
221 
110 
220 
174 
495 
1,202 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
374 
859 
205 
164 
140 
23 
47 
72 
100 to 199 acres 
- 
215 
635 
300 
291 
308 
25 
13 
65 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
108 
577 
641 
378 
741 
38 
7 
131 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
27 
213 
350 
161 
557 
24 
- 
111 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
2 
77 
130 
32 
275 
12 
- 
45 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
2 
18 
17 
5 
58 
2 
8 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
732 
1,122 
188 
240 
118 
50 
138 
416 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
27,389 
57,614 
13,417 
7,871 
6,250 
1,468 
1,684 
7,503 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
- 
496 
226 
57 
40 
33 
17 
27 
49 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,368 
1,021 
1,372 
(D) 
386 
930 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
16,431 
1,707 
417 
190 
871 
184 
200 
570 
acres 
- 
808,906 
96,951 
19,650 
7,627 
28,513 
6,826 
6,974 
25,449 
In cultivated summer fallow 
..farms 
- 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
" 
- 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
- 
7,672 
2,937 
379 
495 
404 
198 
455 
1,184 
acres 
- 
434,108 
139,093 
26,293 
29,009 
21,144 
5,668 
8,216 
35,807 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
1,131 
1,976 
238 
278 
133 
62 
266 
576 
acres 
- 
43,697 
92,897 
16,742 
13,724 
5,915 
1,291 
3,571 
13,787 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
6,950 
1,444 
216 
321 
309 
161 
240 
742 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
390,411 
46,196 
9,551 
15,285 
15,229 
4,377 
4,645 
22,020 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
3,661 
6,763 
858 
722 
633 
268 
1,018 
2,522 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
185,937 
528,440 
99,101 
32,787 
48,327 
6,325 
17,908 
67,803 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
13,592 
7,084 
1,542 
1,012 
2,516 
639 
1,277 
3,036 
acres 
- 
246,509 
99,239 
47,021 
24,092 
67,549 
11,515 
7,791 
30,684 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
_ 
78 
59 
40 
31 
49 
21 
22 
32 
acres 
- 
1,268 
1,767 
2,963 
435 
6,270 
239 
64 
381 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
73 
43 
40 
31 
49 
21 
22 
18 
acres 
- 
1,176 
1,217 
2,963 
(D) 
6,270 
239 
64 
230 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
7 
16 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
14 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
92 
550 
(D) 
151 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
16,863 
1,748 
414 
201 
914 
170 
175 
655 
acres 
- 
724,691 
90,226 
12,414 
4,462 
20,531 
5,292 
5,697 
18,547 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
1,208 
1,923 
1,422 
691 
1,973 
104 
67 
383 
acres 
- 
88,140 
440,467 
604,666 
214,129 
1,110,253 
46,245 
4,263 
168,031 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
30 
25 
4 
74 
10 
37 
25 
34 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
737 
798 
(D) 
8,944 
2,476 
13,681 
835 
2,647 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
20,719 
9,697 
2,129 
1,224 
3,310 
732 
1,621 
3,941 
$1,000 
- 
8,169,109 
7,511,105 
6,145,851 
2,899,630 
11,872,181 
807,524 
370,074 
2,667,575 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
394,281 
774,580 
2,886,731 
2,368,979 
3,586,762 
1,103,175 
228,300 
676,878 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
4,331 
4,651 
6,575 
6,621 
8,450 
8,895 
6,643 
6,724 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
2,537 
1,064 
84 
32 
199 
91 
286 
442 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
2,692 
860 
42 
19 
104 
91 
258 
497 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
4,573 
1,822 
134 
57 
228 
160 
491 
1,031 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
6,663 
2,889 
282 
109 
407 
195 
440 
1,208 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
2,786 
1,382 
272 
235 
338 
62 
98 
336 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
1,032 
888 
371 
305 
437 
40 
39 
135 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
358 
527 
608 
332 
795 
51 
8 
153 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
53 
196 
226 
97 
518 
21 
- 
100 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
25 
69 
110 
38 
284 
21 
1 
39 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 171 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
