Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
1,809 
170 
115 
1,274 
820 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,002 
4,987 
558 
457 
3,747 
2,255 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,621 
3,552 
653 
416 
2,825 
1,796 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,870 
6,350 
1,519 
1,001 
5,680 
3,190 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8,603 
5,402 
2,230 
971 
5,604 
2,999 
$50,000 or more 
31,968 
9,580 
18,713 
3,675 
19,224 
12,744 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
26,479 
17,845 
6,182 
2,452 
14,848 
11,631 
Average net loss 
dollars 
39,050 
19,880 
87,504 
56,399 
39,336 
38,684 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,115 
1,837 
155 
123 
1,212 
903 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,846 
5,626 
756 
464 
3,851 
2,995 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,027 
3,924 
723 
380 
2,670 
2,357 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,929 
4,025 
1,324 
580 
3,287 
2,642 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,780 
1,424 
1,017 
339 
1,630 
1,150 
$50,000 or more 
3,782 
1,009 
2,207 
566 
2,198 
1,584 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,847 
281 
1,321 
245 
1,023 
824 
$1,000 
169,003 
13,897 
138,580 
16,526 
77,052 
91,951 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
54,212 
26,832 
21,978 
5,402 
32,653 
21,559 
$1,000 
1,887,251 
702,378 
1,002,731 
182,141 
1,063,434 
823,817 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
9,663 
1,634 
6,667 
1,362 
5,534 
4,129 
$1,000 
186,534 
25,466 
133,766 
27,302 
99,662 
86,872 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
21,478 
17,047 
3,672 
759 
13,179 
8,299 
$1,000 
673,937 
544,110 
97,403 
32,425 
417,752 
256,185 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
577 
411 
154 
12 
314 
263 
$1,000 
4,611 
3,237 
1,313 
60 
2,774 
1,836 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
275 
171 
78 
26 
125 
150 
$1,000 
4,394 
1,294 
1,875 
1,225 
2,391 
2,003 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,533 
10,144 
15,929 
3,460 
17,501 
12,032 
$1,000 
80,621 
16,757 
56,709 
7,155 
39,441 
41,180 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
15,255 
3,616 
9,454 
2,185 
8,975 
6,280 
$1,000 
880,516 
92,434 
679,913 
108,169 
473,888 
406,628 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,318 
537 
654 
127 
739 
579 
$1,000 
10,042 
2,754 
6,311 
977 
5,225 
4,817 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,671 
1,646 
1,714 
311 
1,956 
1,715 
$1,000 
46,542 
16,325 
25,427 
4,790 
22,259 
24,283 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
80,426 
42,739 
29,321 
8,366 
48,723 
31,703 
acres 
26,256,347 
4,553,935 
18,713,841 
2,988,571 
14,488,886 
11,767,461 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
63,214 
26,141 
28,924 
8,149 
37,753 
25,461 
acres 
24,507,219 
3,369,536 
18,201,315 
2,936,368 
13,445,016 
11,062,203 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
17,361 
13,464 
2,488 
1,409 
9,723 
7,638 
50 to 99 acres 
6,876 
3,960 
1,690 
1,226 
4,394 
2,482 
100 to 199 acres 
8,984 
4,148 
3,243 
1,593 
5,775 
3,209 
200 to 499 acres 
13,490 
3,257 
8,194 
2,039 
8,619 
4,871 
500 to 999 acres 
9,867 
928 
7,708 
1,231 
5,906 
3,961 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
5,341 
297 
4,523 
521 
2,841 
2,500 
2,000 acres or more 
1,295 
87 
1,078 
130 
495 
800 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,243 
2,777 
2,190 
276 
2,810 
2,433 
acres 
223,963 
90,448 
122,779 
10,736 
121,266 
102,697 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,937 
1,199 
632 
106 
1,116 
821 
acres 
52,774 
26,360 
24,193 
2,221 
31,298 
21,476 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
32,896 
23,483 
8,461 
952 
20,070 
12,826 
acres 
1,470,846 
1,067,211 
364,389 
39,246 
890,136 
580,710 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
15 
7 
8 
- 
9 
6 
acres 
1,545 
380 
1,165 
- 
1,170 
375 
Total woodland 
farms 
22,627 
15,843 
6,183 
601 
12,501 
10,126 
acres 
1,165,549 
751,004 
383,544 
31,001 
645,237 
520,312 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,565 
4,289 
2,921 
355 
4,041 
3,524 
acres 
347,743 
147,250 
182,782 
17,711 
185,697 
162,046 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,290 
12,838 
4,165 
287 
9,613 
7,677 
acres 
817,806 
603,754 
200,762 
13,290 
459,540 
358,266 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
