Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pocahontas 
Polk 
Pottawattamie 
Poweshiek 
Ringgold 
Sac 
Scott 
Shelby 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
7 
11 
15 
25 
45 
18 
16 
17 
acres 
746 
208 
1,030 
528 
1,871 
302 
156 
465 
bushels 
50,490 
9,120 
74,730 
43,253 
99,635 
18,580 
11,980 
25,415 
Barley for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
498 
308 
686 
440 
263 
517 
392 
564 
acres 
132,757 
68,233 
198,464 
102,298 
54,115 
129,573 
67,416 
132,750 
bushels 
6,072,013 
3,247,978 
6,914,987 
5,361,853 
1,908,520 
5,274,348 
3,704,042 
5,453,751 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
70 
201 
323 
316 
323 
181 
194 
202 
acres 
1,529 
5,074 
7,211 
13,264 
30,582 
4,745 
4,175 
5,279 
tons, dry 
4,266 
9,784 
19,938 
47,901 
68,945 
16,269 
15,962 
17,301 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
1 
39 
16 
10 
6 
2 
17 
3 
acres 
(D) 
556 
49 
44 
11 
(D) 
70 
13 
Potatoes 
farms 
1 
17 
8 
6 
1 
2 
3 
2 
acres 
(D) 
5 
2 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
(Z) 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
- 
29 
23 
5 
1 
3 
5 
4 
acres 
- 
98 
111 
4 
(D) 
4 
26 
(D) 
-continued 
250 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
