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 
Black Hawk 
Boone 
Bremer 
Buchanan 
Buena Vista 
Butler 
Calhoun 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
311 
365 
365 
326 
320 
514 
421 
2007 
224 
226 
253 
268 
255 
399 
331 
acres, 2012 
6,936 
10,990 
8,581 
8,788 
8,596 
14,979 
20,034 
2007 
6,827 
9,730 
7,163 
7,779 
8,282 
14,907 
16,703 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
290 
349 
342 
305 
317 
500 
416 
2007 
212 
222 
248 
257 
253 
387 
324 
acres, 2012 
6,520 
10,771 
8,005 
7,943 
(D) 
14,379 
19,620 
2007 
6,685 
9,596 
7,100 
7,653 
8,265 
14,805 
16,626 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
28 
18 
28 
30 
3 
24 
14 
2007 
13 
7 
8 
13 
3 
14 
11 
acres, 2012 
416 
219 
576 
845 
(D) 
600 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
48 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2007 
1 
1 
1 
5 
1 
2 
1 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
78 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
182 
221 
265 
238 
82 
238 
63 
2007 
164 
186 
198 
219 
65 
242 
49 
acres, 2012 
6,812 
10,762 
10,900 
6,755 
3,618 
8,530 
2,304 
2007 
6,050 
12,605 
7,296 
9,615 
3,200 
9,549 
1,752 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
44 
61 
42 
83 
20 
60 
25 
2007 
38 
60 
40 
86 
19 
82 
19 
acres, 2012 
1,796 
2,770 
1,431 
1,933 
1,329 
1,964 
1,171 
2007 
1,709 
5,961 
1,353 
2,702 
871 
2,905 
328 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
143 
174 
239 
169 
66 
196 
38 
2007 
136 
140 
171 
157 
49 
177 
31 
acres, 2012 
5,016 
7,992 
9,469 
4,822 
2,289 
6,566 
1,133 
2007 
4,341 
6,644 
5,943 
6,913 
2,329 
6,644 
1,424 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
192 
243 
274 
269 
162 
272 
145 
2007 
201 
172 
257 
315 
176 
307 
116 
acres, 2012 
6,790 
9,031 
6,629 
7,499 
9,334 
11,993 
8,279 
2007 
4,494 
7,433 
5,118 
8,052 
10,607 
8,537 
6,246 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
599 
619 
681 
727 
532 
701 
498 
2007 
493 
472 
538 
641 
454 
688 
403 
acres, 2012 
9,350 
10,299 
11,430 
9,187 
13,947 
11,361 
10,193 
2007 
8,387 
10,266 
7,655 
11,853 
12,974 
14,473 
11,958 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
236 
296 
310 
358 
188 
341 
170 
2007 
283 
283 
373 
452 
240 
458 
188 
acres, 2012 
9,640 
12,638 
9,120 
10,757 
1 1 ,353 
15,038 
9,625 
2007 
10,099 
18,403 
10,037 
14,220 
13,811 
19,487 
11,219 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
302 
365 
388 
296 
322 
554 
432 
2007 
341 
370 
404 
342 
390 
627 
503 
acres, 2012 
5,632 
8,352 
6,802 
5,458 
7,163 
13,329 
12,347 
2007 
9,600 
12,036 
8,321 
8,931 
9,159 
18,163 
18,127 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
507 
413 
476 
579 
550 
530 
502 
2007 
483 
430 
480 
535 
540 
534 
500 
acres, 2012 
234,375 
237,113 
204,930 
277,313 
289,018 
281,687 
291,064 
2007 
204,090 
257,074 
171,452 
253,560 
277,468 
252,652 
258,057 
-continued 
344 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
