Crop and Land Use: Statewide Data

How is Iowa's land used?

See Footnotes

Iowa Land Use - Map (August 2013)
Total Acreage of Iowa Counties - Map (April 2016)

Iowa Land Use *

	Acres
Rural Farm Land	33,359,000
Developed	1,942,100
Federal Land	214,200
Surface Water	501,200
Total Land	36,016,500

Land in Farms *

	Acres
Cropland	25,968,200
Pastureland	3,104,500
Forest Land	2,358,600
House Lots, Ponds, Roads	897,100
Land in CRP/WRP	1,030,600
Total Land in Farms	33,359,000

Iowa Cropland Use **

	Acres
Harvested Cropland	24,507,219
Rotational Pasture	223,963
Other Cropland	1,525,165
Total Cropland	26,256,347

*2015 USDA, NRI

**2012 Ag Census

Iowa Statewide Yields & Acreages | 2012-2016

Year	Corn Acres Harvested (in 1000 acres)	Corn Yields (bu/ac)	Soybean Acres Harvested (in 1000 acres)	Soybean Yields (bu/ac)
2012	13,700	137.0	9,300	45.0
2013	13,050	163.0	9,250	45.5
2014	13,300	178.0	9,770	51.0
2015	13,050	192.0	9,800	56.5
2016	13,500	203.0	9,450	60.5
	5-year Average Corn Yield	174.8	5-year Average Soybean Yield	51.6

Iowa Statewide Yield and Acreage Trend Charts

1927-2016 Corn & Soybean Acres Planted (Jan 2017)

1927-2016 Corn & Soybean Yields (Jan 2017)

1960-2016 Corn & Soybean Yields w/ Regression (Jan 2017)

1960-1994 and 1994-2016 Corn Yields w/ Regression (Jan 2017)

Iowa Soil Erosion Inventory Charts

Sheet & Rill (Water) Erosion (NRI 2015)

Wind Erosion (NRI 2015)

Rural Land Classified as Primeland (USDA, NRI, 1982, 2015)

Prime farmland: Land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is also available for these uses. (Summary Report, 2015 National Resources Inventory )

Year	Iowa (acres)	US (acres)	% in Iowa
1977	19,127,000	344,811,000	5.55
1982	18,625,300	329,978,700	5.64
1987	18,603,900	328,054,000	5.67
1992	18,584,100	325,562,000	5.71
1997	18,526,100	322,336,800	5.75
2002	18,471,500	319,284,200	5.79
2007	18,428,300	316,818,800	5.82
2012	18,397,900	315,705,500	5.83

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