Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iowa 
Adair 
Adams 
Allamakee 
Appanoose 
Audubon 
Benton 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
2,594 
28 
17 
92 
11 
8 
32 
acres 
57,259 
969 
635 
2,634 
250 
136 
430 
bushels 
3,868,538 
59,252 
32,410 
183,268 
10,240 
8,515 
28,111 
Barley for grain 
farms 
79 
2 
- 
6 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
2,153 
(D) 
- 
211 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
84,665 
(D) 
- 
6,951 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
26 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
751 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
58,955 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
454 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
5,314 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41,710 
394 
219 
214 
201 
314 
658 
acres 
9,301,594 
99,863 
62,004 
30,795 
35,243 
99,363 
153,047 
bushels 
406,951,953 
3,624,899 
2,424,284 
1,453,212 
828,382 
3,776,512 
7,197,788 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
26,219 
312 
198 
444 
361 
167 
371 
acres 
996,316 
19,477 
12,543 
30,620 
23,467 
5,791 
9,979 
tons, dry 
2,824,415 
52,494 
26,871 
112,520 
40,127 
13,524 
28,281 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
13,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
962 
8 
1 
11 
3 
- 
15 
acres 
7,724 
30 
(D) 
80 
6 
- 
144 
Potatoes 
farms 
373 
7 
1 
3 
- 
- 
6 
acres 
1,028 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
7 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
752 
10 
2 
9 
7 
6 
7 
acres 
2,974 
15 
(D) 
21 
31 
35 
21 
-continued 
240 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
