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Ag Census shows slight drop in number of Iowa farms

April 12, 2019 By Dar Danielson

Information just released from the 2017 Census on Agriculture shows the number of Iowa farms dropped, while their size increased.

The U.S.D.A.’s census shows the number of farms in Iowa dropped by 2.9% to 86,104. The average size of the farms increased by the same percentage to 355 acres. The data shows the value of agricultural products sold by Iowa farmers totaled $29 billion — which was down 6 percent from the 2012 survey. Crop sales were down 20 percent to $13.8 billion, while livestock sales were up 12 percent to $15.1 billion.

Iowa is second in the nation for total value of ag products and livestock sold in 2017 with Iowa’s crop sales ranking third highest. Farmers spent a total of $23.5 billion on production expenses in 2017, down one percent from 2012.

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