USDA/NASS Statistics

Poweshiek 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 19,431 acres
AG LAND, (EXCL HARVESTED CROPLAND), IRRIGATED - ACRES 36 acres
AG LAND, CROP INSURANCE - ACRES 239,799 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND - ACRES 293,662 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED) - ACRES 27,010 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), ALL CROPS FAILED - ACRES 25 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), IDLE - ACRES 26,985 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED - ACRES 262,578 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED, IRRIGATED - ACRES 46 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, PASTURED ONLY - ACRES 4,074 acres
AG LAND, IRRIGATED - ACRES 82 acres
AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ACRES 27,013 acres
AG LAND, PASTURELAND, (EXCL CROPLAND & WOODLAND) - ACRES 21,811 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND - ACRES 4,685 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, (EXCL PASTURED) - ACRES 3,557 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, PASTURED - ACRES 1,128 acres
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY 18,547 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (500 OR MORE HEAD) 4,229 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,114 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (200 TO 499 HEAD) 4,164 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,465 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (100 TO 199 HEAD) 4,714 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (1 TO 9 HEAD) 350 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (10 TO 19 HEAD) 511 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 261 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,981 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 166 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,070 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 205 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS - INVENTORY 14,682 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 4,575 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 427 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 2,088 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,150 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 3,928 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 (D)*
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,854 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 297 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 352 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 4,187 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,880 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 8,678 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 2,060 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 21,308 head
CATTLE, HEIFERS, GE 500 LBS, MILK REPLACEMENT, PRODUCTION CONTRACT - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,900 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 15,862 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 33,229 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 8,250 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,532 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 35,000 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 9,982 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,457 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 9,084 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 654 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 270 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 8,610 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,883 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 23,289 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 3,670 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 295 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 475 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 4,282 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 2,074 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY 5,969 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 1,142 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 2,776 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 1,682 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 222 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (1 TO 19 HEAD) 147 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 1,103 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 428 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 2,258 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (1 TO 19 HEAD) 77 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD 6,800 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 2,934 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 51 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY 113 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 2,560 head
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY (D)*
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 1,201 head
CHICKENS, LAYERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 40 head
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY 40 head
CHICKENS, ROOSTERS - INVENTORY 42 head
CHICKENS, ROOSTERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
CORN - ACRES PLANTED 149,500 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 148,100 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 135,028 acres
CORN, SILAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 1,615 acres
DEER - INVENTORY (D)*
DUCKS - INVENTORY 13 head
DUCKS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 14 head
EMUS - INVENTORY (D)*
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY 479 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 306 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 168 head
EQUINE, MULES & BURROS & DONKEYS - INVENTORY 24 head
EQUINE, MULES & BURROS & DONKEYS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 38 head
FARM OPERATIONS - NUMBER OF OPERATIONS 852 operations
GEESE - INVENTORY (D)*
GOATS - INVENTORY 716 head
GOATS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 466 head
GOATS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 313 head
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - INVENTORY 704 head
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
GOATS, MILK - INVENTORY 12 head
GOATS, MILK - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
GUINEAS - INVENTORY 48 head
GUINEAS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
HAY & HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 13,286 acres
HAY & HAYLAGE, IRRIGATED - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
HAY - ACRES HARVESTED 12,453 acres
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED 2,097 acres
HAY, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 10,800 acres
HAY, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 10,356 acres
HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 1,066 acres
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED 717 acres
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA), IRRIGATED - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 349 acres
HAYLAGE, IRRIGATED - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 17 head
HOGS - INVENTORY 91,902 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (500 TO 999 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (25 TO 49 HEAD) 156 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 2,180 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 536 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) 87,823 head
HOGS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 61,011 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 202,965 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (25 TO 49 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (500 TO 999 HEAD) 4,780 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) 197,016 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 132 head
HOGS, PRODUCTION CONTRACT - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD 128,390 head
LAND AREA, INCL NON-AG - ACRES 374,348 acres
LLAMAS - INVENTORY (D)*
OATS - ACRES HARVESTED 505 acres
OATS - ACRES HARVESTED 420 acres
OATS - ACRES PLANTED 1,600 acres
PEAFOWL, HENS & COCKS - INVENTORY (D)*
PEAFOWL, HENS & COCKS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
PHEASANTS - INVENTORY 56 head
PHEASANTS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 120 head
POULTRY TOTALS - HATCHED, MEASURED IN HEAD 6,168 head
QUAIL - INVENTORY 90 head
QUAIL - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 6,000 head
RYE - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 1,060 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (300 TO 999 HEAD) (D)*
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) (D)*
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (100 TO 299 HEAD) 992 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY 2,573 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (25 TO 99 HEAD) 930 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 3,714 head
SORGHUM, SILAGE - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 112,048 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 111,300 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES PLANTED 112,000 acres
SOYBEANS, IRRIGATED - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
TURKEYS - INVENTORY 82 head
TURKEYS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 82 head
TURKEYS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (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.