2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Iowa
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/29/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation355
Farm Operations - Number of Operations86,100
Farm Operations - Acres Operated30,600,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )950,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )220,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )4,000,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )1,300,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )40,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )31,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )165,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )22,800,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head12,000,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head23,757
Milk - Production, Measured in $937,399,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb5,179,000,000
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, GRAIN12,900,000202 BU / ACRE2,605,800,000 BU3.31 $ / BU8,625,198,000
CORN, SILAGE330,00021 TONS / ACRE6,930,000 TONS
CORN13,300,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS10,000,0009,940,00057 BU / ACRE566,580,000 BU9.25 $ / BU5,240,865,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE1,120,0003.23 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS3,619,000 TONS, DRY BASIS407,603,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA80,000770,0003.67 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS2,828,000 TONS, DRY BASIS330,876,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)350,0002.26 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS791,000 TONS, DRY BASIS76,727,000
HAY
HAY1,060,0003.08 TONS / ACRE3,268,000 TONS111 $ / TON367,396,000
HAY, ALFALFA720,0003.5 TONS / ACRE2,520,000 TONS117 $ / TON294,840,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)340,0002.2 TONS / ACRE748,000 TONS97 $ / TON72,556,000
OATS
OATS115,00042,00077 BU / ACRE3,234,000 BU2.54 $ / BU8,214,000
WHEAT
WHEAT16,0008,00068 BU / ACRE544,000 BU3.9 $ / BU2,122,000
WHEAT, WINTER16,0008,00068 BU / ACRE544,000 BU3.9 $ / BU2,122,000
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)20,0004.4 TONS / ACRE88,000 TONS
HAYLAGE100,0007.12 TONS / ACRE712,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA80,0007.8 TONS / ACRE624,000 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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