Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Iowa 
Adair 
Adams 
Allamakee 
Appanoose 
Audubon 
Benton 
Total sales (see text) 
...farms, 2012 
88,637 
726 
467 
1,011 
744 
622 
1,215 
2007 
92,856 
766 
610 
1,032 
731 
666 
1,251 
$1,000, 2012 
30,821,532 
188,168 
120,279 
220,599 
38,405 
287,870 
381,421 
2007 
20,418,096 
136,801 
77,608 
131,605 
37,881 
200,525 
263,121 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
347,728 
259,185 
257,557 
218,199 
51,620 
462,814 
313,927 
2007 
219,890 
178,591 
127,227 
127,524 
51,821 
301,088 
210,329 
2012 value of sales: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
farms 
21,843 
169 
124 
356 
225 
179 
253 
$1,000 
1,204 
13 
5 
10 
17 
3 
13 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
3,206 
21 
21 
36 
65 
12 
54 
$1,000 
5,356 
33 
34 
54 
103 
23 
90 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
3,613 
29 
17 
36 
59 
21 
44 
$1,000 
13,101 
118 
55 
129 
215 
83 
164 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,328 
42 
19 
59 
71 
20 
49 
$1,000 
30,997 
308 
140 
422 
513 
149 
356 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
4,427 
36 
40 
51 
81 
27 
54 
$1,000 
63,582 
524 
585 
719 
1,162 
382 
787 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
1,614 
20 
12 
12 
27 
5 
19 
$1,000 
35,939 
443 
259 
261 
596 
116 
418 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
3,686 
48 
21 
47 
56 
16 
51 
$1,000 
117,542 
1,451 
728 
1,473 
1,815 
520 
1,711 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,089 
14 
10 
20 
17 
17 
19 
$1,000 
93,390 
659 
446 
921 
753 
738 
861 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
7,470 
71 
34 
93 
67 
55 
101 
$1,000 
547,324 
5,207 
2,698 
6,643 
4,833 
3,573 
7,621 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
10,036 
98 
61 
112 
43 
72 
166 
$1,000 
1,666,502 
16,453 
9,998 
17,709 
6,748 
11,798 
28,303 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
9,769 
82 
41 
58 
20 
61 
157 
$1,000 
3,559,383 
31,139 
14,617 
20,221 
7,442 
23,192 
56,587 
$500,000 or more 
farms 
16,556 
96 
67 
131 
13 
137 
248 
$1,000 
24,687,211 
131,821 
90,714 
172,037 
14,208 
247,294 
284,511 
2007 value of sales: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
farms 
23,698 
175 
225 
438 
256 
202 
299 
$1,000 
1,292 
9 
7 
16 
(D) 
11 
17 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
3,032 
32 
20 
28 
43 
22 
35 
$1,000 
5,079 
61 
31 
51 
72 
38 
53 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
3,986 
33 
16 
39 
34 
24 
42 
$1,000 
14,496 
117 
55 
146 
124 
91 
159 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
5,100 
41 
24 
57 
64 
27 
69 
$1,000 
37,069 
310 
180 
402 
448 
181 
484 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
4,715 
56 
40 
47 
75 
31 
56 
$1,000 
68,106 
772 
531 
663 
1,048 
469 
831 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
1,948 
24 
13 
44 
33 
13 
19 
$1,000 
43,388 
531 
304 
957 
(□) 
291 
429 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
4,670 
44 
46 
62 
44 
24 
61 
$1,000 
149,361 
1,364 
1,542 
1,905 
1,341 
707 
1,909 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,844 
21 
11 
18 
15 
17 
30 
$1,000 
127,565 
919 
485 
800 
669 
755 
1,376 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
9,805 
103 
58 
90 
70 
61 
176 
$1,000 
723,244 
7,110 
4,062 
6,737 
5,135 
4,569 
12,955 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
14,181 
116 
87 
72 
58 
82 
207 
$1,000 
2,396,707 
18,556 
14,654 
11,809 
8,821 
14,691 
34,849 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
9,399 
52 
34 
75 
28 
70 
138 
$1,000 
3,372,226 
18,501 
11,727 
26,135 
10,411 
24,341 
49,315 
$500,000 or more 
farms 
9,478 
69 
36 
62 
11 
93 
119 
$1,000 
13,479,563 
88,552 
44,031 
81,984 
9,061 
154,382 
160,742 
Value of sales by commodity or commodity group: 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
...farms, 2012 
58,654 
497 
289 
528 
372 
362 
853 
2007 
59,196 
497 
317 
425 
347 
389 
840 
$1,000, 2012 
17,366,814 
123,490 
77,967 
91,309 
21,299 
140,837 
275,384 
2007 
10,343,585 
81,297 
44,669 
34,450 
23,048 
92,861 
155,617 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
...farms, 2012 
52,509 
440 
258 
456 
234 
340 
774 
2007 
53,417 
445 
290 
352 
218 
358 
772 
$1,000, 2012 
17,146,679 
120,574 
(D) 
87,172 
(D) 
140,227 
273,156 
2007 
10,123,033 
(D) 
43,844 
30,500 
(D) 
(D) 
154,154 
Corn 
...farms, 2012 
47,744 
392 
230 
433 
160 
312 
732 
2007 
49,970 
400 
268 
343 
175 
332 
749 
$1,000, 2012 
11,745,805 
71,142 
45,334 
69,176 
7,701 
89,732 
177,030 
2007 
6,796,492 
48,350 
25,409 
21,837 
11,400 
55,690 
99,769 
Wheat 
...farms, 2012 
338 
3 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
2007 
570 
4 
- 
3 
5 
- 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
4,948 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2007 
5,859 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Soybeans 
...farms, 2012 
41,621 
393 
217 
208 
200 
307 
655 
2007 
42,597 
385 
255 
168 
188 
327 
666 
$1,000, 2012 
5,375,888 
48,830 
31,659 
17,574 
(D) 
50,432 
95,995 
2007 
3,306,656 
30,021 
18,397 
7,970 
(D) 
36,452 
54,233 
Sorghum 
...farms, 2012 
47 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
50 
1 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
581 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
697 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
(□) 
- 
- 
Barley 
...farms, 2012 
77 
2 
- 
5 
- 
1 
1 
2007 
72 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
572 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
398 
- 
- 
23 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
...farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, dry beans, 
and dry peas 
...farms, 2012 
2,629 
29 
17 
91 
11 
9 
30 
2007 
2,558 
47 
11 
88 
8 
18 
45 
$1,000, 2012 
18,885 
(D) 
(D) 
403 
(D) 
(D) 
102 
2007 
12,930 
143 
38 
588 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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