2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Iowa
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Nov/11/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation346
Farm Operations - Number of Operations86,800
Farm Operations - Acres Operated30,000,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )810,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )240,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )3,450,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )1,180,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )45,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )24,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )155,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 )25,000,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head11,500,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,679
Milk - Production, Measured in $1,119,447,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb5,923,000,000
County outlines for IOWA

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
CORN
CORN, GRAIN12,550,000201 BU / ACRE2,522,550,000 BU4.85 $ / BU12,234,368,000
CORN13,100,000
CORN, SILAGE380,00020 TONS / ACRE7,600,000 TONS
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS9,950,0009,880,00058 BU / ACRE573,040,000 BU12.2 $ / BU7,220,304,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE1,070,0003.1 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS3,312,000 TONS, DRY BASIS573,752,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA70,000780,0003.37 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS2,630,000 TONS, DRY BASIS470,770,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)290,0002.35 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS682,000 TONS, DRY BASIS102,982,000
HAY
HAY1,010,0002.92 TONS / ACRE2,946,000 TONS169 $ / TON512,046,000
HAY, ALFALFA750,0003.2 TONS / ACRE2,400,000 TONS175 $ / TON429,600,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)260,0002.1 TONS / ACRE546,000 TONS148 $ / TON82,446,000
OATS
OATS190,00095,00080 BU / ACRE7,600,000 BU4.49 $ / BU31,540,000
PROPAGATIVE MATERIAL
PROPAGATIVE MATERIAL, FLORICULTURE
BEDDING PLANTS, ANNUAL
BEDDING PLANTS, ANNUAL
BEDDING PLANTS, HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL
BEDDING PLANTS, HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA50,0009.3 TONS / ACRE465,000 TONS
HAYLAGE90,0008.23 TONS / ACRE741,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)40,0006.9 TONS / ACRE276,000 TONS
FLOWERING PLANTS, POTTED
FLOWERING PLANTS, POTTED, INDOOR USE, POTS
FOLIAGE PLANTS
FOLIAGE PLANTS, INDOOR USE
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit


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