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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
Interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
85,307 
47,480 
29,165 
8,662 
51,660 
33,647 
acres 
29,067,738 
6,123,071 
19,979,185 
2,965,482 
16,468,956 
12,598,782 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,901 
1,881 
720 
300 
1,450 
1,451 
acres 
1,024,460 
323,824 
556,024 
144,612 
415,131 
609,329 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
74,673 
42,207 
24,998 
7,468 
46,729 
27,944 
acres 
22,466,500 
4,934,795 
15,459,285 
2,072,420 
14,043,922 
8,422,578 
Partnership 
farms 
4,986 
2,870 
1,520 
596 
1,763 
3,223 
acres 
2,761,129 
582,003 
1,749,134 
429,992 
541,239 
2,219,890 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,497 
2,056 
1,032 
409 
1,309 
2,188 
acres 
1,995,162 
413,202 
1,248,812 
333,148 
420,737 
1,574,425 
Corporation 
farms 
7,189 
2,920 
3,345 
924 
3,504 
3,685 
acres 
5,039,305 
793,057 
3,561,145 
685,103 
2,143,543 
2,895,762 
Family held 
farms 
6,739 
2,625 
3,257 
857 
3,238 
3,501 
acres 
4,847,309 
709,138 
3,480,838 
657,333 
2,012,508 
2,834,801 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
114 
79 
26 
9 
58 
56 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
6,625 
2,546 
3,231 
848 
3,180 
3,445 
Other than family held 
farms 
450 
295 
88 
67 
266 
184 
acres 
191,996 
83,919 
80,307 
27,770 
131,035 
60,961 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
43 
35 
7 
1 
25 
18 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
407 
260 
81 
66 
241 
166 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,789 
1,528 
162 
99 
1,206 
583 
acres 
355,797 
228,692 
97,687 
29,418 
220,063 
135,734 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
27,906 
10,778 
14,238 
2,890 
15,400 
12,506 
workers 
79,838 
30,418 
41,031 
8,389 
39,539 
40,299 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
11,099 
3,706 
6,223 
1,170 
5,289 
5,810 
workers 
25,620 
9,852 
13,246 
2,522 
10,101 
15,519 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
21,219 
8,190 
10,854 
2,175 
11,978 
9,241 
workers 
54,218 
20,566 
27,785 
5,867 
29,438 
24,780 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
54 
24 
24 
6 
25 
29 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
5 
9 
1 
8 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,555 
14,506 
9,466 
2,583 
12,737 
13,818 
workers 
58,413 
32,733 
19,994 
5,686 
25,503 
32,910 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,707 
6,002 
208 
497 
3,833 
2,874 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,665 
17,749 
1,580 
1,336 
12,076 
8,589 
50 to 69 acres 
4,762 
3,648 
635 
479 
2,946 
1,816 
70 to 99 acres 
6,832 
5,026 
972 
834 
4,220 
2,612 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,665 
3,780 
1,127 
758 
3,546 
2,119 
140 to 179 acres 
5,529 
3,415 
1,374 
740 
3,540 
1,989 
180 to 219 acres 
3,603 
2,003 
1,158 
442 
2,270 
1,333 
220 to 259 acres 
3,227 
1,619 
1,192 
416 
2,054 
1,173 
260 to 499 acres 
1 1 ,824 
3,907 
6,405 
1,512 
7,532 
4,292 
500 to 999 acres 
11,581 
1,729 
8,512 
1,340 
6,968 
4,613 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,589 
490 
5,513 
586 
3,569 
3,020 
2,000 acres or more 
1,653 
157 
1,349 
147 
648 
1,005 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
43,727 
14,932 
22,110 
6,685 
27,731 
15,996 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
489 
363 
41 
85 
202 
287 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
533 
482 
17 
34 
213 
320 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
515 
451 
33 
31 
224 
291 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
20,719 
19,628 
786 
305 
13,139 
7,580 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
20,719 
19,628 
786 
305 
13,139 
7,580 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,697 
6,070 
2,714 
913 
5,357 
4,340 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
2,129 
751 
1,131 
247 
1,205 
924 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,224 
479 
649 
96 
478 
746 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
3,310 
1,356 
1,620 
334 
1,774 
1,536 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
732 
574 
120 
38 
333 
399 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,621 
1,309 
175 
137 
809 
812 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,941 
3,130 
629 
182 
1,737 
2,204 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
26,827 
10,918 
13,129 
2,780 
14,948 
1 1 ,879 
number 
3,893,683 
920,466 
2,629,102 
344,115 
1,947,109 
1,946,574 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,975 
2,799 
829 
347 
2,023 
1,952 
10 to 49 
9,599 
4,757 
3,696 
1,146 
5,670 
3,929 
50 to 99 
4,580 
1,549 
2,557 
474 
2,636 
1,944 
100 to 199 
3,740 
841 
2,510 
389 
2,086 
1,654 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
