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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Sweet corn farms 
389 
237 
1 
17 
30 
51 
58 
80 
acres 
3,393 
3,097 
(D) 
134 
(D) 
829 
1,069 
985 
Harvested for processing farms 
9 
7 
- 
2 
2 
3 
acres 
1,110 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
234 
Sweet potatoes farms 
22 
15 
- 
2 
1 
3 
3 
6 
acres 
18 
17 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
2 
Harvested for processing farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
527 
336 
3 
25 
68 
63 
94 
83 
acres 
225 
171 
3 
20 
39 
28 
45 
36 
Harvested for processing farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Land in orchards farms 
752 
299 
_ 
15 
33 
48 
92 
Ill 
acres 
2,974 
1,411 
- 
47 
154 
241 
435 
535 
Irrigated farms 
79 
34 
- 
- 
7 
6 
13 
8 
acres 
255 
183 
- 
- 
12 
51 
48 
72 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
579 
216 
- 
12 
22 
34 
68 
80 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
160 
76 
- 
3 
10 
13 
22 
28 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
13 
7 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
3 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
348 
142 
- 
5 
24 
13 
38 
62 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,146 
674 
- 
9 
97 
92 
214 
263 
Grapes farms 
408 
171 
- 
12 
12 
29 
55 
63 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,095 
515 
- 
37 
19 
67 
191 
200 
Peaches, all farms 
101 
36 
- 
4 
10 
6 
7 
9 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
47 
27 
- 
(D) 
5 
9 
2 
(D) 
Pecans farms 
5 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
12 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Walnuts, English farms 
17 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
19 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
405 
209 
- 
13 
39 
44 
43 
70 
acres 
679 
275 
- 
16 
41 
44 
60 
114 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
212 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
