Table 5. Federal Government Payments and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iowa 
Adair 
Adams 
Allamakee 
Appanoose 
Audubon 
Benton 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
...farms, 2012 
69,463 
552 
371 
836 
514 
510 
948 
2007 
74,939 
636 
529 
896 
540 
529 
1,027 
$1,000, 2012 
782,290 
5,695 
4,107 
7,526 
3,704 
7,006 
10,826 
2007 
706,286 
5,826 
5,889 
7,231 
3,872 
6,484 
9,472 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
1 1 ,262 
10,318 
11,071 
9,003 
7,206 
13,736 
1 1 ,420 
2007 
9,425 
9,161 
11,132 
8,070 
7,170 
12,258 
9,223 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
34,568 
278 
202 
485 
355 
320 
439 
2007 
40,502 
332 
364 
587 
392 
349 
504 
$1,000, 2012 
167,198 
2,058 
1,831 
2,679 
1,983 
1,786 
1,746 
2007 
208,329 
2,378 
3,816 
4,121 
2,349 
1,874 
2,167 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
4,837 
7,403 
9,062 
5,523 
5,587 
5,581 
3,977 
2007 
5,144 
7,162 
10,482 
7,021 
5,991 
5,370 
4,299 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
...farms, 2012 
58,987 
480 
320 
667 
401 
435 
817 
2007 
58,664 
519 
369 
556 
389 
398 
815 
$1,000, 2012 
615,092 
3,637 
2,277 
4,847 
1,721 
5,220 
9,081 
2007 
497,956 
3,449 
2,073 
3,109 
1,523 
4,610 
7,305 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
10,428 
7,578 
7,115 
7,268 
4,291 
11,999 
11,115 
2007 
8,488 
6,645 
5,618 
5,592 
3,916 
11,583 
8,964 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
...farms, 2012 
1,847 
5 
5 
25 
1 
10 
61 
2007 
9,727 
44 
45 
73 
21 
80 
185 
$1,000, 2012 
169,003 
(D) 
1,930 
1,875 
(D) 
1,370 
8,175 
2007 
732,579 
3,039 
2,136 
4,219 
536 
10,977 
16,215 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
...farms, 2012 
1,994 
7 
7 
29 
3 
15 
60 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
132,402 
108 
384 
1,897 
20 
854 
6,132 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Black Hawk 
Boone 
Bremer 
Buchanan 
Buena Vista 
Butler 
Calhoun 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
...farms, 2012 
752 
711 
801 
773 
716 
890 
733 
2007 
751 
731 
809 
872 
780 
1,004 
745 
$1,000, 2012 
7,606 
6,378 
7,929 
10,788 
8,715 
9,333 
7,928 
2007 
7,381 
6,682 
6,486 
11,678 
8,657 
7,982 
8,348 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
10,114 
8,970 
9,899 
13,956 
12,172 
10,487 
10,816 
2007 
9,829 
9,141 
8,017 
13,393 
11,099 
7,950 
11,205 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
302 
365 
388 
296 
322 
554 
432 
2007 
341 
370 
404 
342 
390 
627 
503 
$1,000, 2012 
794 
1,285 
983 
824 
1,133 
2,099 
1,948 
2007 
1,004 
1,680 
1,052 
1,057 
1,352 
2,213 
2,665 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
2,628 
3,521 
2,534 
2,782 
3,517 
3,789 
4,509 
2007 
2,944 
4,541 
2,603 
3,090 
3,465 
3,529 
5,298 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
...farms, 2012 
656 
612 
692 
680 
636 
724 
603 
2007 
644 
595 
672 
791 
669 
714 
575 
$1,000, 2012 
6,812 
5,093 
6,946 
9,965 
7,582 
7,234 
5,980 
2007 
6,377 
5,002 
5,434 
10,622 
7,306 
5,770 
5,683 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
10,385 
8,321 
10,037 
14,654 
11,922 
9,992 
9,917 
2007 
9,903 
8,406 
8,086 
13,428 
10,920 
8,081 
9,884 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
...farms, 2012 
20 
15 
18 
40 
17 
17 
17 
2007 
104 
95 
151 
155 
120 
104 
79 
$1,000, 2012 
1,216 
741 
925 
3,589 
1,690 
4,272 
710 
2007 
6,324 
7,687 
13,652 
15,292 
7,444 
8,152 
4,578 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
...farms, 2012 
23 
14 
27 
41 
20 
17 
11 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
2,145 
535 
1,178 
3,433 
1,508 
458 
420 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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