Abstract

This publication summarizes current farm trends in Iowa between 2011 and 2021. It is modeled after the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural America at a Glance. Indicators are taken from USDA’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey for Iowa. Incomes and sales are inflation adjusted. Farms are defined as having $1,000 or more of agricultural production. Retirement farms have operators who are retired with gross cash farm income (GCFI) under $350,000. Residence farms have operators with a non-farm occupation and GCFI under $350,000, plus farmers with GCFI under $150,000. Small farms include farmers with GCFI between $150,000 and $349,999. Midsize commercial farms include farmers with GCFI between $350,000 and $999,999. Large commercial farms are farmers with $1 million or more in GCFI. Production specialty is based on the commodity with the largest value of production for the farm operation.