Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pocahontas 
Polk 
Pottawattamie 
Poweshiek 
Ringgold 
Sac 
Scott 
Shelby 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
584 
572 
936 
587 
427 
689 
583 
716 
acres 
307,390 
170,719 
466,379 
259,867 
137,082 
322,177 
194,059 
333,297 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
33 
28 
8 
4 
16 
16 
8 
acres 
(D) 
543 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
547 
607 
15 
Barley for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
545 
320 
706 
477 
247 
600 
452 
646 
acres 
169,949 
95,101 
255,321 
141,311 
47,731 
181,714 
118,875 
191,257 
bushels 
28,486,444 
13,729,963 
30,929,764 
21,041,755 
3,060,553 
23,175,518 
17,005,085 
26,620,148 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
2 
9 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
383 
(D) 
2,378 
“ 
“ 
198 
~ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
27 
45 
36 
47 
38 
65 
58 
39 
25 to 99 acres 
124 
97 
149 
139 
92 
131 
115 
129 
1 00 to 249 acres 
146 
58 
174 
118 
52 
149 
121 
198 
250 to 499 acres 
142 
54 
150 
99 
38 
139 
92 
184 
500 to 999 acres 
87 
49 
160 
52 
18 
90 
41 
79 
1 ,000 acres or more 
19 
17 
37 
22 
9 
26 
25 
17 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
27 
9 
50 
74 
47 
56 
43 
56 
acres 
2,289 
190 
3,529 
2,167 
2,335 
3,392 
2,368 
3,370 
tons 
36,602 
3,257 
55,141 
37,240 
33,673 
43,688 
29,804 
52,146 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
7 
25 
43 
25 
22 
20 
27 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
2 
17 
26 
17 
23 
18 
22 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
- 
4 
5 
3 
9 
4 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
3 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
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 
70 
201 
323 
316 
323 
181 
194 
202 
acres 
1,529 
5,074 
7,211 
13,264 
30,582 
4,745 
4,175 
5,279 
tons, dry equivalent 
4,266 
9,784 
19,938 
47,901 
68,945 
16,269 
15,962 
17,301 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
9 
“ 
" 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
53 
154 
222 
126 
86 
105 
137 
123 
25 to 99 acres 
15 
40 
94 
162 
128 
69 
53 
76 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
6 
6 
25 
80 
7 
3 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
1 
3 
24 
- 
1 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
7 
11 
15 
25 
45 
18 
16 
17 
acres 
746 
208 
1,030 
528 
1,871 
302 
156 
465 
bushels 
50,490 
9,120 
74,730 
43,253 
99,635 
18,580 
11,980 
25,415 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
102 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
8 
8 
19 
20 
15 
15 
10 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
3 
2 
6 
22 
3 
1 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
- 
5 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
498 
308 
686 
440 
263 
517 
392 
564 
acres 
132,757 
68,233 
198,464 
102,298 
54,115 
129,573 
67,416 
132,750 
bushels 
6,072,013 
3,247,978 
6,914,987 
5,361,853 
1,908,520 
5,274,348 
3,704,042 
5,453,751 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
2 
5 
- 
2 
2 
1 
2 
acres 
101 
(D) 
954 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Iowa 481 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
