Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Sweet corn farms 
389 
235 
111 
43 
149 
240 
acres 
3,393 
738 
2,525 
129 
1,762 
1,631 
Harvested for processing farms 
9 
1 
8 
- 
3 
6 
acres 
1,110 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
770 
340 
Sweet potatoes farms 
22 
13 
4 
5 
15 
7 
acres 
18 
4 
14 
1 
17 
2 
Harvested for processing farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
527 
372 
68 
87 
193 
334 
acres 
225 
163 
35 
28 
79 
146 
Harvested for processing farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land in orchards farms 
752 
628 
73 
51 
287 
465 
acres 
2,974 
2,391 
395 
188 
1,107 
1,867 
Irrigated farms 
79 
62 
9 
8 
21 
58 
acres 
255 
164 
72 
19 
47 
208 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
579 
485 
55 
39 
231 
348 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
160 
134 
14 
12 
50 
110 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
13 
9 
4 
- 
6 
7 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
348 
303 
29 
16 
141 
207 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,146 
944 
123 
79 
447 
699 
Grapes farms 
408 
338 
38 
32 
145 
263 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,095 
802 
208 
85 
367 
729 
Peaches, all farms 
101 
92 
3 
6 
40 
61 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
47 
44 
1 
2 
14 
32 
Pecans farms 
5 
4 
1 
- 
3 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Walnuts, English farms 
17 
13 
1 
3 
7 
10 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
19 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
16 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
405 
332 
43 
30 
148 
257 
acres 
679 
554 
72 
52 
207 
472 
Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
226 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
