2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Iowa
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/02/2026

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation347
Farm Operations - Number of Operations86,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated29,900,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )815,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )245,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )3,450,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )1,180,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )45,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )26,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )161,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2025 )25,300,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head10,900,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,807
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb6,053,000,000
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, GRAIN13,200,000210 BU / ACRE2,772,000,000 BU4.1 $ / BU11,365,200,000
CORN, SILAGE250,00025 TONS / ACRE6,250,000 TONS
CORN13,550,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS9,450,0009,380,00063.5 BU / ACRE595,630,000 BU10.2 $ / BU6,075,426,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE1,110,0003.7 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS4,102,000 TONS, DRY BASIS427,588,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA70,000790,0004.17 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS3,293,000 TONS, DRY BASIS352,351,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)320,0002.53 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS809,000 TONS, DRY BASIS75,237,000
HAY
HAY1,010,0003.65 TONS / ACRE3,691,000 TONS103 $ / TON385,599,000
HAY, ALFALFA720,0004.2 TONS / ACRE3,024,000 TONS107 $ / TON323,568,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)290,0002.3 TONS / ACRE667,000 TONS93 $ / TON62,031,000
OATS
OATS120,00050,00092 BU / ACRE4,600,000 BU3.4 $ / BU15,640,000
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)35,0008.2 TONS / ACRE287,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA80,0006.8 TONS / ACRE544,000 TONS
HAYLAGE115,0007.23 TONS / ACRE831,000 TONS
(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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