By Crop Reporting District:
1997 1996 1996-1997
District $/acre $/acre $ Change % Change
Northwest 2263 2071 192 9.3%
North Central 2194 1997 197 9.9%
Northeast 1721 1559 162 10.4%
West Central 1894 1758 136 7.7%
Central 2295 2090 205 9.8%
East Central 2110 1965 145 7.4%
Southwest 1369 1206 163 13.5%
South Central 957 851 106 12.5%
Southeast 1580 1502 78 5.2%
State Avg. 1837 1682 155 9.2%
By County:
1997 1996 1996-1997
County Name $/acre $/acre $ Change % Change
Adair 1179 1046 133 12.7%
Adams 1190 1070 120 11.2%
Allamakee 1096 968 128 13.2%
Appanoose 799 714 85 11.9%
Audubon 1784 1647 137 8.3%
Benton 2188 2023 165 8.2%
Black Hawk 2314 2128 186 8.7%
Boone 2453 2260 193 8.5%
Bremer 1997 1814 183 10.1%
Buchanan 2015 1840 175 9.5%
Buena Vista 2380 2171 209 9.6%
Butler 2117 1943 174 9.0%
Calhoun 2458 2258 200 8.9%
Carroll 2125 1950 175 9.0%
Cass 1558 1406 152 10.8%
Cedar 2340 2196 144 6.6%
Cerro Gordo 2185 2001 184 9.2%
Cherokee 2026 1863 163 8.7%
Chickasaw 1627 1476 151 10.2%
Clarke 930 830 100 12.0%
Clay 2215 2020 195 9.7%
Clayton 1452 1282 170 13.3%
Clinton 1880 1739 141 8.1%
Crawford 1789 1656 133 8.0%
Dallas 1977 1816 160 8.8%
Davis 1001 915 86 9.4%
Decatur 757 677 80 11.8%
Delaware 2081 1869 212 11.3%
Des Moines 1732 1605 127 7.9%
Dickinson 2011 1836 175 9.5%
Dubuque 1829 1624 205 12.6%
Emmet 2327 2122 205 9.7%
Fayette 1812 1623 189 11.6%
Floyd 1924 1769 155 8.8%
Franklin 2291 2092 199 9.5%
Fremont 1539 1361 178 13.1%
Greene 2133 1964 169 8.6%
Grundy 2491 2294 197 8.6%
Guthrie 1638 1516 122 8.0%
Hamilton 2647 2429 218 9.0%
Hancock 2286 2086 200 9.6%
Hardin 2401 2203 198 9.0%
Harrison 1558 1427 131 9.2%
Henry 1666 1545 121 7.8%
Howard 1451 1316 135 10.3%
Humboldt 2510 2294 216 9.4%
Ida 2002 1855 147 7.9%
Iowa 1798 1674 124 7.4%
Jackson 1599 1449 150 10.4%
Jasper 1856 1726 130 7.5%
Jefferson 1282 1189 93 7.8%
Johnson 2195 2059 136 6.6%
Jones 1784 1644 140 8.5%
Keokuk 1536 1439 97 6.7%
Kossuth 2431 2213 218 9.9%
Lee 1508 1376 132 9.6%
Linn 2288 2136 152 7.1%
Louisa 1952 1831 121 6.6%
Lucas 855 764 91 11.9%
Lyon 2000 1827 173 9.5%
Madison 1409 1257 152 12.1%
Mahaska 1572 1457 115 7.9%
Marion 1485 1354 131 9.7%
Marshall 2058 1906 152 8.0%
Mills 1618 1431 187 13.1%
Mitchell 1831 1683 148 8.8%
Monona 1468 1371 97 7.1%
Monroe 1004 920 84 9.1%
Montgomery 1425 1259 166 13.2%
Muscatine 2139 2007 132 6.6%
O'Brien 2522 2303 219 9.5%
Osceola 2196 2005 191 9.5%
Page 1267 1120 147 13.1%
Palo Alto 2242 2042 200 9.8%
Plymouth 2038 1888 150 7.9%
Pocahontas 2437 2224 213 9.6%
Polk 2081 1916 165 8.6%
Pottawattamie 1656 1490 166 11.1%
Poweshiek 1798 1674 124 7.4%
Ringgold 883 786 97 12.3%
Sac 2217 2035 182 8.9%
Scott 2913 2735 178 6.5%
Shelby 1685 1546 139 9.0%
Sioux 2230 2050 180 8.8%
Story 2525 2328 197 8.5%
Tama 1983 1833 150 8.2%
Taylor 1016 901 115 12.8%
Union 1072 955 117 12.3%
Van Buren 1124 1027 97 9.4%
Wapello 1165 1080 85 7.9%
Warren 1522 1370 152 11.1%
Washington 2008 1882 126 6.7%
Wayne 840 751 89 11.9%
Webster 2592 2379 213 9.0%
Winnebago 2087 1905 182 9.6%
Winneshiek 1449 1298 151 11.6%
Woodbury 1628 1517 111 7.3%
Worth 2025 1854 171 9.2%
Wright 2604 2380 224 9.4%
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