2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Iowa
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/28/2025

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation346
Farm Operations - Number of Operations86,700
Farm Operations - Acres Operated30,000,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )825,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )245,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )3,500,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )1,210,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )46,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )29,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )161,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2024 )24,200,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head11,200,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,749
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb6,014,000,000
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, GRAIN12,450,000211 BU / ACRE2,626,950,000 BU4.4 $ / BU11,558,580,000
CORN12,900,000
CORN, SILAGE340,00024 TONS / ACRE8,160,000 TONS
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS10,050,0009,960,00060 BU / ACRE597,600,000 BU10 $ / BU5,976,000,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE1,065,0003.62 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS3,853,000 TONS, DRY BASIS452,890,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA80,000750,0003.93 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS2,949,000 TONS, DRY BASIS359,778,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)315,0002.87 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS904,000 TONS, DRY BASIS93,112,000
HAY
HAY1,000,0003.49 TONS / ACRE3,492,000 TONS116 $ / TON411,660,000
HAY, ALFALFA720,0003.8 TONS / ACRE2,736,000 TONS122 $ / TON333,792,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)280,0002.7 TONS / ACRE756,000 TONS103 $ / TON77,868,000
OATS
OATS145,00073,00082 BU / ACRE5,986,000 BU3.7 $ / BU22,148,000
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE90,0008.11 TONS / ACRE730,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA50,0008.6 TONS / ACRE430,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)40,0007.5 TONS / ACRE300,000 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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