2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Iowa
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Sep/28/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation359
Farm Operations - Number of Operations84,900
Farm Operations - Acres Operated30,500,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )860,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )240,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )3,650,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )1,150,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )46,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )26,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )162,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )24,100,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head11,700,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,658
Milk - Production, Measured in $1,413,650,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb5,770,000,000
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, GRAIN12,400,000200 BU / ACRE2,480,000,000 BU6.8 $ / BU16,864,000,000
CORN12,900,000
CORN, SILAGE400,00021 TONS / ACRE8,400,000 TONS
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS10,100,00010,030,00058.5 BU / ACRE586,755,000 BU14.3 $ / BU8,390,597,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE1,285,0003.19 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS4,097,000 TONS, DRY BASIS675,510,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA75,000805,0003.84 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS3,091,000 TONS, DRY BASIS531,652,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)480,0002.1 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS1,006,000 TONS, DRY BASIS143,858,000
HAY
HAY1,200,0003.03 TONS / ACRE3,641,000 TONS169 $ / TON598,992,000
HAY, ALFALFA730,0003.7 TONS / ACRE2,701,000 TONS176 $ / TON464,572,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)470,0002 TONS / ACRE940,000 TONS150 $ / TON134,420,000
OATS
OATS130,00040,00080 BU / ACRE3,200,000 BU5.41 $ / BU17,920,000
FLOWERING PLANTS, POTTED
FLOWERING PLANTS, POTTED, INDOOR USE, POTS
PROPAGATIVE MATERIAL
PROPAGATIVE MATERIAL, FLORICULTURE
BEDDING PLANTS, ANNUAL
BEDDING PLANTS, ANNUAL
FOLIAGE PLANTS
FOLIAGE PLANTS, INDOOR USE
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)25,0005.3 TONS / ACRE133,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA100,0007.9 TONS / ACRE790,000 TONS
HAYLAGE125,0007.38 TONS / ACRE923,000 TONS
BEDDING PLANTS, HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL
BEDDING PLANTS, HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL
(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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