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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
643 
440 
146 
57 
224 
419 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
33,196,639 
29,963,439 
1,577,151 
1,656,049 
13,857,242 
19,339,397 
sold 
farms 
124 
86 
24 
14 
57 
67 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
21,603,577 
18,615,663 
2,681,669 
306,245 
6,198,323 
15,405,254 
sold 
farms 
704 
452 
197 
55 
241 
463 
Farms with- 
number 
10,572,270 
2,949,762 
7,613,260 
9,248 
5,541,564 
5,030,706 
1 to 1,999 
663 
429 
180 
54 
221 
442 
2,000 to 59,999 
22 
18 
3 
1 
10 
12 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
18 
5 
13 
- 
10 
8 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
402 
277 
98 
27 
172 
230 
number 
4,383,172 
2,243,875 
1,880,853 
258,444 
2,275,949 
2,107,223 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
229 
144 
68 
17 
98 
131 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
10,908,278 
5,046,021 
5,187,705 
674,552 
4,869,198 
6,039,080 
Barley for grain 
farms 
79 
35 
28 
16 
40 
39 
acres 
2,153 
696 
1,083 
374 
1,152 
1,001 
bushels 
84,665 
26,010 
45,798 
12,857 
43,202 
41,463 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
50 
26 
13 
11 
26 
24 
25 to 99 acres 
27 
9 
13 
5 
13 
14 
100 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
47,477 
14,432 
26,147 
6,898 
29,134 
18,343 
acres 
13,709,408 
1,721,535 
10,312,171 
1,675,702 
7,498,017 
6,211,391 
bushels 
1,835,358,239 
220,681,387 
1,388,180,215 
226,496,637 
992,676,323 
842,681,916 
Irrigated 
farms 
529 
109 
345 
75 
299 
230 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111,521 
14,252 
81,319 
15,950 
59,482 
52,039 
1 to 24 acres 
5,000 
3,359 
1,132 
509 
3,085 
1,915 
25 to 99 acres 
12,364 
6,207 
3,851 
2,306 
7,933 
4,431 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12,359 
3,310 
7,096 
1,953 
8,045 
4,314 
250 to 499 acres 
9,524 
1,066 
7,187 
1,271 
5,815 
3,709 
500 acres or more 
8,230 
490 
6,881 
859 
4,256 
3,974 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,934 
1,651 
4,581 
702 
3,542 
3,392 
acres 
392,304 
68,767 
281,094 
42,443 
179,599 
212,705 
tons 
5,654,303 
938,910 
4,127,544 
587,849 
2,580,185 
3,074,118 
Irrigated 
farms 
38 
7 
26 
5 
18 
20 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,484 
37 
1,379 
1,068 
611 
1,873 
1 to 24 acres 
3,144 
879 
1,917 
348 
1,735 
1,409 
25 to 99 acres 
2,851 
631 
1,951 
269 
1,382 
1,469 
1 00 to 249 acres 
705 
113 
531 
61 
319 
386 
250 to 499 acres 
165 
23 
127 
15 
82 
83 
500 acres or more 
69 
5 
55 
9 
24 
45 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
2,594 
966 
1,410 
218 
1,402 
1,192 
acres 
57,259 
17,780 
34,955 
4,524 
30,077 
27,182 
bushels 
3,868,538 
1,164,254 
2,390,882 
313,402 
2,040,265 
1,828,273 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
8 
10 
1 
2 
17 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
356 
166 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
1,916 
774 
969 
173 
1,039 
877 
25 to 99 acres 
607 
177 
393 
37 
331 
276 
1 00 to 249 acres 
71 
15 
48 
8 
32 
39 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
26 
18 
7 
1 
19 
7 
acres 
751 
548 
(D) 
(D) 
489 
262 
bushels 
58,955 
33,095 
(D) 
(D) 
34,066 
24,889 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
8 
3 
1 
10 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
10 
4 
- 
9 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41,710 
12,122 
23,634 
5,954 
25,715 
15,995 
acres 
9,301,594 
1,206,890 
6,955,957 
1,138,747 
5,187,497 
4,114,097 
bushels 
406,951,953 
51,762,569 
306,017,464 
49,171,920 
224,522,886 
182,429,067 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
