Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fremont 
Greene 
Grundy 
Guthrie 
Hamilton 
Hancock 
Hardin 
Harrison 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
380 
560 
523 
548 
531 
652 
607 
594 
acres 
243,055 
314,599 
294,483 
236,394 
293,032 
323,289 
293,262 
326,421 
Irrigated 
farms 
28 
10 
7 
6 
10 
16 
3 
66 
acres 
8,544 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
1,231 
3 
29,041 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
302 
477 
467 
380 
440 
560 
491 
487 
acres 
123,616 
189,367 
161,487 
127,264 
199,917 
205,559 
194,447 
205,071 
bushels 
15,756,386 
22,608,810 
28,001,030 
13,952,146 
28,701,703 
27,457,463 
31,555,124 
25,167,451 
Irrigated 
farms 
18 
7 
- 
3 
1 
6 
- 
57 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
6,175 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
737 
“ 
17,035 
1 to 24 acres 
12 
29 
27 
58 
32 
30 
51 
44 
25 to 99 acres 
69 
81 
81 
90 
89 
124 
95 
97 
1 00 to 249 acres 
69 
131 
156 
71 
102 
135 
113 
89 
250 to 499 acres 
48 
98 
116 
72 
85 
145 
93 
101 
500 to 999 acres 
75 
103 
62 
65 
75 
94 
112 
115 
1 ,000 acres or more 
29 
35 
25 
24 
57 
32 
27 
41 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
9 
50 
29 
35 
10 
35 
26 
41 
acres 
191 
2,452 
990 
1,125 
385 
1,599 
558 
978 
tons 
2,691 
32,015 
11,695 
9,759 
5,335 
20,833 
6,888 
15,151 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
‘ 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
21 
16 
20 
5 
21 
18 
31 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
20 
11 
13 
5 
10 
8 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
8 
2 
2 
- 
3 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
118 
155 
Ill 
288 
119 
129 
172 
185 
acres 
3,270 
3,781 
2,183 
12,676 
1,842 
2,882 
3,822 
4,632 
tons, dry equivalent 
8,256 
10,153 
5,828 
25,944 
3,551 
7,263 
8,625 
12,139 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
76 
106 
92 
141 
97 
90 
130 
128 
25 to 99 acres 
35 
46 
16 
107 
21 
35 
40 
52 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7 
2 
3 
38 
1 
4 
1 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
1 
10 
3 
20 
3 
11 
15 
6 
acres 
(D) 
212 
(D) 
466 
66 
200 
267 
87 
bushels 
(D) 
10,590 
(D) 
33,186 
5,470 
15,692 
22,940 
4,691 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
9 
3 
13 
1 
8 
13 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
1 
- 
7 
2 
3 
2 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
299 
426 
431 
356 
364 
496 
406 
372 
acres 
115,423 
118,092 
129,701 
94,605 
90,701 
112,921 
93,982 
114,870 
bushels 
4,556,667 
4,313,295 
7,050,325 
3,484,046 
3,939,161 
4,610,115 
4,631,499 
3,930,496 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
42 
acres 
2,361 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
11,677 
-continued 
476 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
