Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Iowa 
Adair 
Adams 
Allamakee 
Appanoose 
Audubon 
Benton 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
63,214 
532 
322 
601 
472 
402 
915 
acres 
24,507,219 
225,573 
142,020 
159,113 
87,266 
232,137 
364,605 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,483 
6 
1 
9 
2 
- 
12 
acres 
170,542 
17 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
- 
107 
Barley for grain 
farms 
79 
2 
- 
6 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
2,153 
(D) 
- 
211 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
84,665 
(D) 
- 
6,951 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
50 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
27 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
47,477 
392 
233 
433 
147 
317 
733 
acres 
13,709,408 
101,705 
65,617 
85,162 
24,677 
124,744 
196,881 
bushels 
1,835,358,239 
10,814,631 
7,074,308 
12,073,557 
1,041,009 
14,466,732 
26,601,938 
Irrigated 
farms 
529 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
111,521 
" 
“ 
(D) 
" 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
5,000 
44 
32 
81 
30 
10 
74 
25 to 99 acres 
12,364 
109 
70 
154 
64 
76 
171 
1 00 to 249 acres 
12,359 
105 
57 
94 
23 
81 
198 
250 to 499 acres 
9,524 
68 
31 
66 
16 
73 
163 
500 to 999 acres 
6,097 
51 
27 
22 
11 
47 
106 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2,133 
15 
16 
16 
3 
30 
21 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,934 
65 
25 
163 
44 
37 
83 
acres 
392,304 
2,759 
1,153 
9,339 
3,543 
1,915 
3,800 
tons 
5,654,303 
45,469 
13,709 
158,417 
29,125 
28,755 
53,350 
Irrigated 
farms 
38 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,484 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
3,144 
33 
10 
70 
13 
21 
50 
25 to 99 acres 
2,851 
24 
13 
69 
22 
10 
23 
1 00 to 249 acres 
705 
7 
2 
18 
7 
3 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
165 
- 
- 
4 
1 
3 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
51 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
18 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
26,219 
312 
198 
444 
361 
167 
371 
acres 
996,316 
19,477 
12,543 
30,620 
23,467 
5,791 
9,979 
tons, dry equivalent 
2,824,415 
52,494 
26,871 
112,520 
40,127 
13,524 
28,281 
Irrigated 
farms 
76 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,232 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
- 
1 to 24 acres 
14,677 
121 
64 
148 
127 
91 
235 
25 to 99 acres 
9,271 
131 
100 
195 
161 
64 
126 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,935 
52 
28 
87 
56 
12 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
282 
7 
5 
11 
14 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
48 
- 
1 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
6 
1 
“ 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
2,594 
28 
17 
92 
11 
8 
32 
acres 
57,259 
969 
635 
2,634 
250 
136 
430 
bushels 
3,868,538 
59,252 
32,410 
183,268 
10,240 
8,515 
28,111 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
356 
" 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
1,916 
14 
7 
59 
8 
7 
27 
25 to 99 acres 
607 
14 
10 
27 
3 
1 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
71 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
751 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
58,955 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41,710 
394 
219 
214 
201 
314 
658 
acres 
9,301,594 
99,863 
62,004 
30,795 
35,243 
99,363 
153,047 
bushels 
406,951,953 
3,624,899 
2,424,284 
1,453,212 
828,382 
3,776,512 
7,197,788 
Irrigated 
farms 
311 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
49,637 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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