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 
Carroll 
Cass 
Cedar 
Cerro Gordo 
Cherokee 
Chickasaw 
Clarke 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
425 
269 
372 
301 
143 
438 
257 
2007 
260 
243 
302 
231 
109 
293 
244 
acres, 2012 
13,625 
18,582 
11,851 
12,298 
4,581 
12,569 
19,250 
2007 
14,007 
21,746 
12,150 
11,905 
4,064 
9,402 
25,175 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
411 
263 
371 
288 
140 
424 
232 
2007 
242 
228 
295 
228 
105 
290 
239 
acres, 2012 
12,716 
18,287 
11,710 
12,082 
4,509 
1 1 ,442 
18,626 
2007 
13,794 
21,178 
11,869 
(D) 
3,885 
9,335 
24,822 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
23 
10 
6 
16 
3 
26 
31 
2007 
20 
19 
6 
2 
6 
4 
9 
acres, 2012 
909 
295 
141 
216 
72 
1,127 
624 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
194 
(D) 
179 
42 
252 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
1 
2 
8 
1 
- 
4 
3 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
87 
(D) 
- 
25 
101 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
79 
117 
260 
120 
90 
279 
239 
2007 
70 
108 
238 
93 
78 
238 
243 
acres, 2012 
2,717 
4,376 
10,383 
2,932 
4,412 
8,962 
19,280 
2007 
2,623 
4,223 
1 1 ,227 
1,855 
4,328 
8,407 
20,014 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
27 
46 
76 
33 
28 
63 
114 
2007 
31 
38 
94 
23 
29 
62 
95 
acres, 2012 
1,048 
1,889 
3,181 
852 
2,204 
2,259 
7,789 
2007 
1,206 
1,413 
4,096 
706 
2,696 
2,123 
5,801 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
61 
81 
207 
92 
65 
235 
154 
2007 
52 
79 
179 
76 
51 
193 
173 
acres, 2012 
1,669 
2,487 
7,202 
2,080 
2,208 
6,703 
11,491 
2007 
1,417 
2,810 
7,131 
1,149 
1,632 
6,284 
14,213 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
212 
326 
329 
175 
280 
243 
306 
2007 
226 
310 
296 
153 
284 
243 
348 
acres, 2012 
11,570 
29,248 
15,832 
6,954 
29,460 
7,544 
40,961 
2007 
11,075 
32,192 
12,960 
5,421 
23,200 
8,288 
49,410 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
699 
478 
655 
491 
524 
704 
469 
2007 
555 
402 
565 
414 
463 
572 
405 
acres, 2012 
16,494 
15,570 
10,604 
10,717 
13,045 
11,411 
9,779 
2007 
14,843 
17,389 
13,012 
9,785 
11,841 
11,931 
15,798 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
240 
339 
387 
211 
314 
290 
354 
2007 
350 
390 
426 
231 
352 
360 
423 
acres, 2012 
14,106 
32,979 
20,134 
8,560 
32,296 
1 1 ,404 
52,303 
2007 
21,306 
43,208 
25,047 
9,209 
31,852 
16,346 
67,198 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
458 
258 
368 
313 
129 
489 
227 
2007 
423 
338 
465 
346 
147 
520 
322 
acres, 2012 
9,480 
16,408 
8,955 
10,389 
2,854 
10,803 
17,865 
2007 
11,067 
25,286 
12,412 
14,344 
3,670 
14,363 
32,871 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
697 
334 
446 
448 
569 
533 
174 
2007 
557 
315 
494 
455 
527 
484 
147 
acres, 2012 
273,146 
175,979 
232,347 
271,969 
254,816 
230,913 
53,151 
2007 
253,557 
166,450 
228,298 
262,963 
230,570 
189,083 
31,104 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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