USDA/NASS Statistics

Cass County, IA

The USDA Census of Agriculture collects data every 5 years (e.g., 2017, 2012, 2007), while the NASS Agricultural Survey collects a smaller amount of data annually.

2017 Statistics (Sources: USDA Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service) Notes Value
AG LAND, (EXCL CROPLAND & PASTURELAND & WOODLAND) - ACRES 14,384 acres
AG LAND, CROP INSURANCE - ACRES 196,264 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND - ACRES 241,915 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED) - ACRES 15,484 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), ALL CROPS FAILED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), IDLE - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED - ACRES 222,327 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED, IRRIGATED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROPLAND, PASTURED ONLY - ACRES 4,104 acres
AG LAND, IRRIGATED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ACRES 30,197 acres
AG LAND, PASTURELAND, (EXCL CROPLAND & WOODLAND) - ACRES 24,931 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND - ACRES 3,522 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, (EXCL PASTURED) - ACRES 2,360 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, PASTURED - ACRES 1,162 acres
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,464 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY 27,519 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (500 OR MORE HEAD) 14,414 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (50 TO 99 HEAD) 1,559 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (1 TO 9 HEAD) 283 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (10 TO 19 HEAD) 510 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (100 TO 199 HEAD) 1,941 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (200 TO 499 HEAD) 7,348 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 4,504 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 434 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 521 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 87 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS - INVENTORY 14,235 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,900 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,892 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 3,317 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 441 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,089 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF MILK COWS: (500 OR MORE HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF MILK COWS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 180 head
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF MILK COWS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 10 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 27,021 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 130 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 559 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 3,254 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,754 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 2,653 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 1,906 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 37,277 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 109 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 19,958 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 45,000 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 443 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 4,299 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,702 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 13,073 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,098 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 19,030 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 41,754 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 41,781 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 30,121 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 2,663 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 2,875 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,768 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 3,647 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 563 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 144 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 302 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (1 TO 19 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY 14,945 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 11,414 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 2,254 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 756 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (1 TO 19 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 797 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 239 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,373 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 15,855 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD 18,467 head
CATTLE, PRODUCTION CONTRACT, ON FEED - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY 420,150 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 420,150 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,044,750 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS, PRODUCTION CONTRACT - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,044,000 head
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY (D)*
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 344 head
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 72 head
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY 72 head
CHICKENS, ROOSTERS - INVENTORY 4 head
CORN - ACRES PLANTED 132,000 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 126,700 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 104,244 acres
CORN, SILAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 3,092 acres
CORN, SILAGE, IRRIGATED - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
DUCKS - INVENTORY 64 head
DUCKS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 337 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY 365 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 38 head
EQUINE, MULES & BURROS & DONKEYS - INVENTORY 58 head
FARM OPERATIONS - NUMBER OF OPERATIONS 643 operations
GOATS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 814 head
GOATS - INVENTORY 1,176 head
GOATS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 418 head
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - INVENTORY 1,126 head
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 418 head
GOATS, MILK - INVENTORY 50 head
GUINEAS - INVENTORY (D)*
GUINEAS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
HAY & HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 13,747 acres
HAY - ACRES HARVESTED 12,410 acres
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED 2,852 acres
HAY, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 9,558 acres
HAY, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 8,930 acres
HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 1,531 acres
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED 1,238 acres
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 293 acres
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,638 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 61 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) 33,826 head
HOGS - INVENTORY 35,525 head
HOGS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 4,882 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (500 TO 999 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) 79,692 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 300 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (25 TO 49 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 80,725 head
HOGS, PRODUCTION CONTRACT - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
LAND AREA, INCL NON-AG - ACRES 361,132 acres
LLAMAS - INVENTORY 16 head
OATS - ACRES HARVESTED 79 acres
POULTRY TOTALS - HATCHED, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 382 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY 1,663 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (300 TO 999 HEAD) (D)*
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (25 TO 99 HEAD) 537 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (100 TO 299 HEAD) (D)*
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 250 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,063 head
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 101,120 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 121,300 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES PLANTED 122,000 acres
TURKEYS - INVENTORY (D)*
TURKEYS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) (D)*
WHEAT - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
WHEAT, WINTER - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*

(D)*: Suppressed/Censored Values

Based on USDA/NASS standards, these values were determined by NASS to be sensitive to a disclosure of information if they violated either of two criteria rules.

1) The threshold rule was violated if the data cell contained less than three operations. For example, if only one farmer produced turkeys in a county, NASS could not publish the county total for turkey inventory without disclosing that individual’s information.

or

2) The dominance rule was violated if the distribution of the data within the cell allowed a data user to estimate any respondent’s data too closely. For example, if there are many farmers producing turkeys in a county and some of them were large enough to dominate the cell total, NASS could not publish the county total for turkey inventory without risking disclosing an individual respondent’s data.

In both of these situations, the data were suppressed and a “(D)” was placed in the cell in the census publication table. These data cells were referred to as primary suppressions.

Since most items were summed to marginal totals, primary suppressions within these summation relationships were protected by ensuring that there were additional suppressions within the linear relationship that provided adequate protection for the primary. A detailed computer routine selected additional data cells for suppression to ensure all primary suppressions were properly protected in all linear relationships in all tables. These data cells were referred to as complementary suppressions. These cells were not themselves sensitive to a disclosure of information but were suppressed to protect other primary suppressions. A “(D)” was also placed in the cell of the census publication table to indicate a complementary suppression. A data user could not determine whether a cell with a (D) represented a primary or a complementary suppression.