Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,094 
505 
4 
24 
48 
76 
110 
243 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,002 
1,712 
28 
104 
154 
219 
439 
768 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,621 
1,537 
8 
107 
132 
218 
354 
718 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,870 
3,657 
32 
269 
288 
577 
911 
1,580 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8,603 
4,540 
62 
296 
360 
787 
1,165 
1,870 
$50,000 or more 
31,968 
25,697 
110 
1,330 
2,617 
6,455 
8,280 
6,905 
Operators reporting net losses 
.... farms 
26,479 
10,301 
107 
794 
1,166 
2,115 
2,767 
3,352 
Average net loss 
...dollars 
39,050 
73,174 
63,368 
98,334 
92,018 
93,565 
76,729 
45,171 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,115 
547 
3 
34 
45 
74 
149 
242 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,846 
1,877 
8 
110 
184 
290 
522 
763 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,027 
1,505 
18 
91 
143 
240 
421 
592 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,929 
2,181 
37 
173 
219 
417 
584 
751 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,780 
1,380 
19 
108 
174 
333 
338 
408 
$50,000 or more 
3,782 
2,811 
22 
278 
401 
761 
753 
596 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,847 
1,600 
2 
77 
186 
460 
563 
312 
$1,000 
169,003 
158,385 
(D) 
(D) 
17,720 
47,094 
60,611 
26,134 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
54,212 
33,282 
223 
1,860 
3,184 
7,446 
9,960 
10,609 
$1,000 
1,887,251 
1,393,047 
7,694 
83,884 
157,698 
359,690 
436,883 
347,198 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
9,663 
7,965 
93 
642 
1,132 
2,225 
2,514 
1,359 
$1,000 
186,534 
168,851 
2,312 
16,580 
27,524 
50,185 
51,610 
20,641 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
21,478 
9,457 
27 
257 
507 
1,435 
2,473 
4,758 
$1,000 
673,937 
321,289 
300 
5,411 
16,913 
40,346 
82,216 
176,103 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
577 
300 
11 
17 
58 
90 
124 
$1,000 
4,611 
2,260 
- 
57 
227 
388 
673 
915 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
275 
162 
7 
26 
24 
49 
56 
$1,000 
4,394 
2,941 
- 
14 
1,780 
147 
663 
338 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,533 
21,621 
97 
1,012 
2,093 
5,145 
6,884 
6,390 
$1,000 
80,621 
71,166 
125 
2,221 
6,835 
22,240 
25,746 
13,999 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
15,255 
1 1 ,649 
109 
787 
1,299 
2,955 
3,689 
2,810 
$1,000 
880,516 
782,268 
4,583 
57,052 
98,976 
234,160 
261,447 
126,050 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,318 
910 
8 
50 
93 
208 
263 
288 
$1,000 
10,042 
8,074 
98 
414 
701 
1,821 
2,860 
2,179 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,671 
2,513 
28 
174 
200 
575 
776 
760 
$1,000 
46,542 
36,145 
277 
2,135 
4,702 
10,403 
11,656 
6,972 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
80,426 
45,184 
311 
2,649 
4,374 
9,866 
13,333 
14,651 
acres 
26,256,347 
22,738,386 
79,744 
1,104,546 
2,504,684 
6,461,655 
7,738,695 
4,849,062 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
63,214 
41,103 
305 
2,509 
4,101 
9,362 
12,366 
12,460 
acres 
24,507,219 
21,850,686 
78,354 
1,077,015 
2,441,707 
6,301,214 
7,473,856 
4,478,540 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
5,956 
61 
411 
533 
914 
1,487 
2,550 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
3,484 
57 
298 
307 
505 
805 
1,512 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
5,564 
74 
400 
475 
913 
1,345 
2,357 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
10,614 
68 
686 
1,043 
2,349 
3,249 
3,219 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
9,056 
33 
457 
999 
2,609 
3,171 
1,787 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
5,169 
11 
199 
572 
1,659 
1,871 
857 
2,000 acres or more 
1,295 
1,260 
1 
58 
172 
413 
438 
178 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,243 
3,207 
15 
132 
284 
664 
961 
1,151 
acres 
223,963 
168,493 
553 
6,204 
10,989 
36,961 
54,776 
59,010 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,937 
1,051 
39 
69 
206 
273 
464 
acres 
52,774 
36,074 
- 
1,322 
(D) 
7,277 
(D) 
14,421 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
32,896 
14,998 
29 
459 
1,119 
2,926 
4,587 
5,878 
acres 
1,470,846 
681,704 
837 
20,005 
48,122 
116,203 
199,969 
296,568 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
15 
11 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
5 
acres 
1,545 
1,429 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
523 
Total woodland 
farms 
22,627 
10,389 
38 
340 
798 
1,988 
3,196 
4,029 
acres 
1,165,549 
609,376 
1,156 
13,310 
43,300 
119,066 
200,592 
231,952 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,565 
4,279 
28 
160 
376 
826 
1,311 
1,578 
acres 
347,743 
239,517 
825 
5,729 
18,180 
47,779 
76,156 
90,848 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,290 
7,402 
17 
213 
523 
1,399 
2,322 
2,928 
acres 
817,806 
369,859 
331 
7,581 
25,120 
71,287 
124,436 
141,104 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
196 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
