By Crop Reporting District:
1996 1995 1995-1996
District $/acre $/acre $ Change % Change
Northwest 2071 1755 316 18.0%
North Central 1997 1724 273 15.9%
Northeast 1559 1330 229 17.3%
West Central 1758 1528 230 15.1%
Central 2090 1766 324 18.3%
East Central 1965 1676 289 17.2%
Southwest 1206 1102 104 9.4%
South Central 851 742 109 14.7%
Southeast 1502 1367 135 9.9%
State Avg. 1682 1455 227 15.6%
By County:
1996 1995 1995-1996
County Name $/acre $/acre $ Change % Change
Adair 1046 937 109 11.6%
Adams 1070 957 113 11.8%
Allamakee 968 854 114 13.3%
Appanoose 714 615 99 16.1%
Audubon 1647 1441 206 14.3%
Benton 2023 1693 330 19.5%
Black Hawk 2128 1792 336 18.8%
Boone 2260 1858 402 21.6%
Bremer 1814 1562 252 16.1%
Buchanan 1840 1576 264 16.8%
Buena Vista 2171 1861 310 16.7%
Butler 1943 1646 297 18.0%
Calhoun 2258 1881 377 20.0%
Carroll 1950 1665 285 17.1%
Cass 1406 1260 146 11.6%
Cedar 2196 1906 290 15.2%
Cerro Gordo 2001 1709 292 17.1%
Cherokee 1863 1606 257 16.0%
Chickasaw 1476 1272 204 16.0%
Clarke 830 723 107 14.8%
Clay 2020 1732 288 16.6%
Clayton 1282 1131 151 13.4%
Clinton 1739 1495 244 16.3%
Crawford 1656 1435 221 15.4%
Dallas 1816 1523 293 19.2%
Davis 915 814 101 12.4%
Decatur 677 583 94 16.1%
Delaware 1869 1630 239 14.7%
Des Moines 1605 1458 147 10.1%
Dickinson 1836 1573 263 16.7%
Dubuque 1624 1428 196 13.7%
Emmet 2122 1819 303 16.7%
Fayette 1623 1414 209 14.8%
Floyd 1769 1507 262 17.4%
Franklin 2092 1784 308 17.3%
Fremont 1361 1239 122 9.8%
Greene 1964 1639 325 19.8%
Grundy 2294 1905 389 20.4%
Guthrie 1516 1306 210 16.1%
Hamilton 2429 2026 403 19.9%
Hancock 2086 1787 299 16.7%
Hardin 2203 1838 365 19.9%
Harrison 1427 1265 164 13.0%
Henry 1545 1404 141 10.0%
Howard 1316 1134 182 16.0%
Humboldt 2294 1940 354 18.2%
Ida 1855 1609 246 15.3%
Iowa 1674 1475 199 13.5%
Jackson 1449 1260 189 15.0%
Jasper 1726 1536 190 12.4%
Jefferson 1189 1080 109 10.1%
Johnson 2059 1849 210 11.4%
Jones 1644 1416 228 16.1%
Keokuk 1439 1329 110 8.3%
Kossuth 2213 1899 314 16.5%
Lee 1376 1222 154 12.6%
Linn 2136 1834 302 16.5%
Louisa 1831 1642 189 11.5%
Lucas 764 658 106 16.1%
Lyon 1827 1565 262 16.7%
Madison 1257 1113 144 12.9%
Mahaska 1457 1324 133 10.0%
Marion 1354 1200 154 12.8%
Marshall 1906 1623 283 17.4%
Mills 1431 1302 129 9.9%
Mitchell 1683 1434 249 17.4%
Monona 1371 1198 173 14.4%
Monroe 920 821 99 12.1%
Montgomery 1259 1146 113 9.9%
Muscatine 2007 1755 252 14.4%
O'Brien 2303 1973 330 16.7%
Osceola 2005 1717 288 16.8%
Page 1120 1020 100 9.8%
Palo Alto 2042 1752 290 16.6%
Plymouth 1888 1638 250 15.3%
Pocahontas 2224 1893 331 17.5%
Polk 1916 1612 304 18.9%
Pottawattamie 1490 1339 151 11.3%
Poweshiek 1674 1483 191 12.9%
Ringgold 786 692 94 13.6%
Sac 2035 1738 297 17.1%
Scott 2735 2332 403 17.3%
Shelby 1546 1369 177 12.9%
Sioux 2050 1766 284 16.1%
Story 2328 1928 400 20.7%
Tama 1833 1549 284 18.3%
Taylor 901 806 95 11.8%
Union 955 840 115 13.7%
Van Buren 1027 915 112 12.2%
Wapello 1080 983 97 9.9%
Warren 1370 1175 195 16.6%
Washington 1882 1737 145 8.3%
Wayne 751 646 105 16.3%
Webster 2379 1983 396 20.0%
Winnebago 1905 1632 273 16.7%
Winneshiek 1298 1131 167 14.8%
Woodbury 1517 1324 193 14.6%
Worth 1854 1584 270 17.0%
Wright 2380 2014 366 18.2%
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