Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iowa 
Adair 
Adams 
Allamakee 
Appanoose 
Audubon 
Benton 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
34,086 
274 
213 
455 
330 
312 
426 
2007 
27,198 
264 
257 
453 
221 
224 
318 
acres, 2012 
1,525,165 
18,580 
19,190 
23,630 
19,068 
17,912 
15,089 
2007 
1,687,168 
21,370 
35,440 
29,788 
17,482 
17,218 
18,999 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
32,896 
264 
206 
443 
323 
309 
411 
2007 
26,316 
255 
252 
444 
214 
221 
309 
acres, 2012 
1,470,846 
17,978 
18,881 
22,965 
18,120 
17,686 
14,643 
2007 
1,656,509 
20,957 
35,262 
28,849 
17,168 
17,073 
18,526 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
1,937 
18 
10 
20 
21 
5 
22 
2007 
1,166 
15 
8 
8 
10 
7 
13 
acres, 2012 
52,774 
602 
309 
665 
948 
226 
446 
2007 
28,635 
413 
178 
896 
256 
145 
473 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
182 
- 
- 
5 
3 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
1,545 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
2,024 
- 
- 
43 
58 
- 
- 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
22,627 
138 
98 
645 
314 
78 
256 
2007 
21,047 
117 
132 
597 
288 
85 
239 
acres, 2012 
1,165,549 
6,730 
4,614 
62,160 
18,195 
2,018 
10,367 
2007 
1,193,303 
8,271 
6,867 
66,932 
18,619 
3,106 
10,565 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
7,565 
62 
36 
270 
120 
26 
103 
2007 
7,961 
69 
53 
266 
137 
31 
86 
acres, 2012 
347,743 
4,366 
1,386 
26,558 
4,876 
456 
3,649 
2007 
399,613 
6,042 
2,555 
31,415 
7,937 
937 
3,697 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
17,290 
87 
74 
480 
239 
56 
182 
2007 
15,512 
58 
88 
445 
185 
55 
179 
acres, 2012 
817,806 
2,364 
3,228 
35,602 
13,319 
1,562 
6,718 
2007 
793,690 
2,229 
4,312 
35,517 
10,682 
2,169 
6,868 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
28,267 
385 
247 
436 
382 
171 
363 
2007 
27,352 
322 
258 
389 
383 
195 
339 
acres, 2012 
1,906,410 
46,474 
44,842 
30,124 
46,094 
9,924 
15,590 
2007 
1,914,924 
36,957 
36,126 
31,341 
47,985 
13,637 
19,004 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
58,909 
552 
343 
696 
550 
436 
798 
2007 
49,591 
446 
322 
626 
384 
383 
653 
acres, 2012 
1,294,425 
18,805 
13,958 
11,126 
11,581 
16,491 
14,411 
2007 
1,322,991 
22,794 
14,084 
12,192 
10,858 
17,164 
15,111 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
33,082 
414 
266 
546 
422 
211 
429 
2007 
38,519 
432 
322 
561 
502 
292 
500 
acres, 2012 
2,478,116 
58,227 
50,871 
59,693 
56,479 
12,249 
21,304 
2007 
3,144,321 
60,469 
48,421 
71,440 
75,889 
22,891 
31,518 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
34,568 
278 
202 
485 
355 
320 
439 
2007 
40,502 
332 
364 
587 
392 
349 
504 
acres, 2012 
1,306,040 
16,780 
16,103 
21,971 
19,151 
13,097 
12,564 
2007 
2,050,714 
24,677 
45,582 
38,681 
31,759 
18,076 
18,465 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
42,536 
338 
178 
312 
204 
312 
638 
2007 
40,392 
306 
178 
180 
141 
297 
609 
acres, 2012 
20,892,364 
181,887 
101,153 
108,554 
62,395 
202,078 
309,994 
2007 
18,868,184 
147,845 
78,004 
61,826 
40,520 
184,613 
250,835 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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