USDA/NASS Statistics

Montgomery 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 11,507 acres
AG LAND, (EXCL HARVESTED CROPLAND), IRRIGATED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROP INSURANCE - ACRES 178,217 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND - ACRES 213,191 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED) - ACRES 20,017 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), ALL CROPS FAILED - ACRES 709 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), IDLE - ACRES 19,308 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED - ACRES 191,971 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED, IRRIGATED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROPLAND, PASTURED ONLY - ACRES 1,203 acres
AG LAND, IRRIGATED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ACRES 18,102 acres
AG LAND, PASTURELAND, (EXCL CROPLAND & WOODLAND) - ACRES 15,462 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND - ACRES 4,730 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, (EXCL PASTURED) - ACRES 3,293 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, PASTURED - ACRES 1,437 acres
BISON - INVENTORY (D)*
BISON - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (50 TO 99 HEAD) 2,040 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (1 TO 9 HEAD) 135 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (10 TO 19 HEAD) 184 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (100 TO 199 HEAD) 1,772 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,127 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (200 TO 499 HEAD) 4,146 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (500 OR MORE HEAD) 6,780 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY 16,184 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 138 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,265 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 277 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 416 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS - INVENTORY 6,929 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 213 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 57 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (500 OR MORE HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,014 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,252 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 1,620 head
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF MILK COWS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 3 head
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF MILK COWS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 220 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 1,500 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,421 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 5,420 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 2,211 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 9,380 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 20,195 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 43 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 15,596 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 174 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 44 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 23,500 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 23,113 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 7,362 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 1,783 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 7,078 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,222 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 5,450 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 9,380 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 248 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 1,782 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,357 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 5,820 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 2,850 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 21,460 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 23 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 182 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 2,296 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 189 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 4,580 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY 7,290 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (1 TO 19 HEAD) 43 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 320 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 97 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (1 TO 19 HEAD) 41 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD 10,803 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 8,379 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,966 head
CATTLE, PRODUCTION CONTRACT, ON FEED - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) (D)*
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY (D)*
CHICKENS, BROILERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) (D)*
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY (D)*
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY (D)*
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) (D)*
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
CHICKENS, ROOSTERS - INVENTORY (D)*
CORN - ACRES PLANTED 94,500 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 92,756 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 93,400 acres
CORN, GRAIN, IRRIGATED - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
CORN, SILAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 461 acres
DUCKS - INVENTORY (D)*
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY 269 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 234 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 33 head
EQUINE, MULES & BURROS & DONKEYS - INVENTORY 16 head
FARM OPERATIONS - NUMBER OF OPERATIONS 516 operations
GEESE - INVENTORY (D)*
GOATS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) (D)*
GOATS - INVENTORY 203 head
GOATS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 50 head
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - INVENTORY (D)*
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 50 head
GOATS, MILK - INVENTORY (D)*
HAY & HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 7,483 acres
HAY - ACRES HARVESTED 6,940 acres
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED 2,221 acres
HAY, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 6,360 acres
HAY, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 4,719 acres
HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 543 acres
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 31,267 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) 32,940 head
HOGS - INVENTORY 33,784 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (25 TO 49 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 608 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,400 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 98 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (25 TO 49 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 374 head
HOGS, PRODUCTION CONTRACT - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
LAND AREA, INCL NON-AG - ACRES 271,422 acres
POULTRY TOTALS - HATCHED, MEASURED IN HEAD 32 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 148 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY 228 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 72 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (25 TO 99 HEAD) 156 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 211 head
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 91,244 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 93,000 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES PLANTED 93,500 acres

(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.