Iowa Ag Intel

 

2024 Iowa Agricultural Economic Contribution Study

BASED ON THE 2022 USDA CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, USDA/NASS DATASETS, THE IMPLAN MODELING SYSTEM AND THE 2022 IMPLAN DATASET.

Iowa is home to 86,911 farms, of which more than 90 percent are family owned. With all the talk of “Big Ag” coming to dominate agriculture, the average farm size in Iowa has held steady since the turn of the century: 345 acres in 2022, 355 acres in 2017, 345 acres in 2012, 331 acres in 2007 and 350 acres in 2002.

Iowa farms support a healthy and productive livestock industry. In 2022, Iowa farms helped raise 3.52 million cattle and calves, 859,000 beef cows, 238,000 dairy cows and 23,808,603 hogs and pigs.

Iowa continues to be a national and global leader in agriculture, ranking No. 1 in production of hogs, corn and eggs – while ranking in the top 5 for red meat production, soybean production, number of farms, cattle on feed, cash receipts and total value of ag exports.

In 2022, Iowa produced approximately 2.6 billion bushels of corn and more than 540 million bushels of soybeans.

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Want to learn more about a specific county in Iowa?

Use the interactive map below to view the agriculture facts associated with each of the 99 counties in Iowa.