Iowa's Beef Cattle Industry Facts & Figures
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Total Cattle Inventory in Iowa (as of January 1, 2012)
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3,900,000
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State Rank All Cattle & Calves (January 1, 2012)
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Sixth (tied with MO)
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USDA Cattle on Feed in Iowa (January 1, 2012)
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1,300,000
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State Rank Cattle and Calves on Feed (2012)
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Fourth
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Yearly Marketing’s (2011)
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2,043,000
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Percentage of U.S. Grain fed Beef produced in Iowa (2011)
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8.65%
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Number of Feedlots (2007)
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7,845
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Number of Cattle Operations (2008)
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30,000
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Number of Farms with Beef Cows (2008)
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21,000
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Number of Beef Cows (as of January 1, 2012)
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895,000
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State Rank Number of Beef Cows (2012)
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Thirteenth
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Number of Farms with Dairy Cows (2008)
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2,400
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Number of Dairy Cows (as of January 1, 2012)
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205,000
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Cash Receipts from Cattle & Calves (2009)
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$2.470 Billion
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Iowa Jobs Directly Related to the Cattle Industry
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12,866
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Iowa Jobs Indirectly related to the Cattle Industry
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26,500
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Corn Used in Beef Production (2006)
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148 mil bushels
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Iowa’s Cattle Industry contributes in excess of
$5.1 billion in business activity to Iowa’s Economy
Sources: Economic Importance of Iowa’s Cattle Industry, prepared for the Iowa Beef Industry Council by Department of Economics, Iowa State University; Iowa Agricultural Statistics, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 2012 Cattle Inventory Report National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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