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) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows farms 
1,810 
208 
4 
_ 
7 
44 
_ 
number 
204,757 
8,056 
8 
- 
13 
1,472 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
339 
67 
4 
- 
7 
13 
- 
1 0 to 49 
505 
73 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
50 to 99 
485 
48 
- 
- 
- 
16 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
309 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
119 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
53 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
23,374 
10,251 
26 
9 
20 
536 
- 
number 
2,803,358 
732,005 
251 
340 
145 
16,987 
- 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
24,573 
10,629 
17 
4 
13 
462 
_ 
number 
3,446,109 
732,559 
164 
29 
57 
14,923 
- 
$1,000 
4,504,373 
831,381 
131 
15 
30 
16,434 
- 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
7,631 
2,848 
8 
1 
8 
185 
- 
number 
312,408 
88,890 
58 
(D) 
(D) 
3,168 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
22,331 
9,689 
12 
3 
8 
376 
- 
number 
3,133,701 
643,669 
106 
(D) 
(D) 
11,755 
- 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
6,036 
2,762 
1 
35 
- 
number 
2,010,004 
304,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
4,864 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
6,266 
2,133 
12 
2 
9 
51 
- 
number 
20,455,666 
2,450,095 
66 
(D) 
(D) 
21,848 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
678 
187 
12 
2 
9 
29 
- 
25 to 49 
144 
61 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
50 to 99 
160 
80 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
100 to 199 
197 
132 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
200 to 499 
588 
364 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
500 or more 
4,499 
1,309 
- 
10 
" 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
1,676 
760 
7 
- 
4 
28 
- 
number 
917,567 
96,963 
22 
- 
8 
14,932 
- 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
6,069 
2,068 
9 
2 
8 
42 
- 
number 
19,538,099 
2,353,132 
44 
(D) 
(D) 
6,916 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
6,616 
2,255 
13 
2 
7 
44 
- 
number 
49,355,848 
4,539,570 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
22,950 
- 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
570,450 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,895 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
2,904 
961 
19 
7 
7 
143 
- 
number 
165,815 
56,025 
318 
109 
114 
4,000 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
2,550 
855 
17 
7 
6 
115 
- 
number 
94,141 
35,117 
219 
84 
59 
2,337 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
2,454 
784 
14 
2 
6 
86 
- 
number 
177,987 
53,500 
194 
(D) 
(D) 
2,162 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
9,599 
2,379 
30 
18 
52 
999 
- 
number 
62,206 
13,306 
95 
57 
234 
3,967 
- 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
9,286 
2,283 
29 
18 
50 
917 
- 
number 
57,175 
12,206 
93 
57 
221 
3,470 
- 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
2,262 
387 
4 
1 
14 
34 
- 
number 
8,824 
1,375 
(D) 
(D) 
28 
58 
- 
Goats, all inventory farms 
1,921 
363 
13 
13 
22 
129 
- 
number 
56,239 
7,317 
109 
61 
301 
1,355 
- 
Goats, all sold farms 
1,191 
203 
7 
4 
10 
48 
- 
number 
36,402 
3,915 
37 
28 
207 
467 
" 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
3,821 
872 
99 
36 
56 
356 
- 
number 
52,218,870 
101,957 
4,238 
484 
2,309 
7,258 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,676 
858 
99 
36 
54 
356 
- 
400 to 3,199 
31 
7 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
40 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
18 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
40 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
499 
76 
16 
2 
15 
22 
- 
number 
12,565,630 
72,477 
610 
(D) 
(D) 
759 
" 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
643 
105 
20 
2 
4 
42 
- 
number 
33,196,639 
89,087 
1,073 
(D) 
52 
1,485 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
124 
10 
1 
- 
2 
3 
- 
number 
21,603,577 
152,777 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
227 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
180 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
