USDA/NASS Statistics

Union 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 14,184 acres
AG LAND, CROP INSURANCE - ACRES 133,555 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND - ACRES 176,619 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED) - ACRES 25,438 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), ALL CROPS FAILED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), CULTIVATED SUMMER FALLOW - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROPLAND, (EXCL HARVESTED & PASTURED), IDLE - ACRES 25,249 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED - ACRES 147,048 acres
AG LAND, CROPLAND, HARVESTED, IRRIGATED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, CROPLAND, PASTURED ONLY - ACRES 4,133 acres
AG LAND, IRRIGATED - ACRES (D)*
AG LAND, PASTURELAND - ACRES 54,063 acres
AG LAND, PASTURELAND, (EXCL CROPLAND & WOODLAND) - ACRES 46,351 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND - ACRES 8,904 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, (EXCL PASTURED) - ACRES 5,325 acres
AG LAND, WOODLAND, PASTURED - ACRES 3,579 acres
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (10 TO 19 HEAD) 616 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (100 TO 199 HEAD) 3,682 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,389 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (1 TO 9 HEAD) 360 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (50 TO 99 HEAD) 1,980 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (500 OR MORE HEAD) 4,146 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY 20,998 head
CATTLE, (EXCL COWS) - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, (EXCL COWS): (200 TO 499 HEAD) 8,825 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 434 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 467 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 746 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 274 head
CATTLE, CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 2,378 head
CATTLE, COWS - INVENTORY 19,364 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY 19,353 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 4,670 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 7,290 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY (D)*
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,748 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 4,677 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 221 head
CATTLE, COWS, BEEF - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF BEEF COWS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 747 head
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF MILK COWS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 11 head
CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY 11 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 21,100 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 2,654 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,153 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 7,451 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 5,354 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,763 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 525 head
CATTLE, GE 500 LBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE GE 500 LBS: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 200 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,051 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 2,474 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 4,851 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 549 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 204 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 40,500 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 18,323 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY 40,362 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 12,171 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 17,062 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 7,786 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (1 TO 9 HEAD) 229 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (10 TO 19 HEAD) 573 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (100 TO 199 HEAD) 6,025 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (20 TO 49 HEAD) 1,966 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 3,561 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE, INCL CALVES: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 3,338 head
CATTLE, INCL CALVES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 23,478 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (100 TO 199 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY 2,711 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (500 OR MORE HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 182 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 803 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD 4,265 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (200 TO 499 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (50 TO 99 HEAD) 210 head
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) 920 head
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (20 TO 49 HEAD) (D)*
CATTLE, ON FEED - SALES FOR SLAUGHTER, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF CATTLE ON FEED: (500 OR MORE HEAD) 2,654 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY 364,273 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 258 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,814,300 head
CHICKENS, BROILERS, PRODUCTION CONTRACT - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,790,000 head
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY 112,724 head
CHICKENS, LAYERS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 50,617 head
CHICKENS, LAYERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 55,306 head
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY (D)*
CHICKENS, PULLETS, REPLACEMENT - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) (D)*
CHICKENS, ROOSTERS - INVENTORY 11 head
CHICKENS, ROOSTERS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 6 head
CORN - ACRES PLANTED 52,100 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 49,800 acres
CORN, GRAIN - ACRES HARVESTED 61,576 acres
CORN, SILAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 1,219 acres
DUCKS - INVENTORY 22 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY 623 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 444 head
EQUINE, HORSES & PONIES - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 112 head
EQUINE, MULES & BURROS & DONKEYS - INVENTORY 6 head
FARM OPERATIONS - NUMBER OF OPERATIONS 627 operations
GEESE - INVENTORY 36 head
GEESE - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 36 head
GOATS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 135 head
GOATS - INVENTORY 158 head
GOATS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 75 head
GOATS, ANGORA - INVENTORY (D)*
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - INVENTORY 117 head
GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
GOATS, MILK - INVENTORY (D)*
GOATS, MILK - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD (D)*
HAY & HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 21,153 acres
HAY - ACRES HARVESTED 19,680 acres
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED 6,232 acres
HAY, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED 13,448 acres
HAYLAGE - ACRES HARVESTED 1,473 acres
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA - ACRES HARVESTED (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (500 TO 999 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) 1,050 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) 167,644 head
HOGS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - INVENTORY 169,793 head
HOGS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 26,453 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 66 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (25 TO 49 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (50 TO 99 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (1,000 OR MORE HEAD) 578,277 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (100 TO 199 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 579,266 head
HOGS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD SALES OF HOGS: (200 TO 499 HEAD) (D)*
HOGS, PRODUCTION CONTRACT - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD 194,696 head
LAND AREA, INCL NON-AG - ACRES 271,133 acres
OATS - ACRES HARVESTED 265 acres
POULTRY TOTALS - HATCHED, MEASURED IN HEAD 96 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY PRODUCERS: (GENDER = FEMALE) 450 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (1 TO 24 HEAD) 298 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY INVENTORY OF SHEEP, INCL LAMBS: (25 TO 99 HEAD) 370 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY 668 head
SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - SALES, MEASURED IN HEAD 1,216 head
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 62,786 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES HARVESTED 50,700 acres
SOYBEANS - ACRES PLANTED 50,900 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.