Overview of Agriculture in Iowa and Scott County

Scott County, Iowa

Scott County Iowa Zoning Map

Scott County Iowa 75% of the land is farmland 225,000 acres (91,500 HA) Land Value - $22,600 / HA Average Size Field 75 acres / 8.46 HA Average Corn Suitability Rating 75 (CSR)

Taxes Sales Tax (Taxes on Purchases) Income Tax Ag purchases are exempt Income Tax 0 – 35% Property Taxes (Local Services) Schools Local Roads Bridges Library Fire protection Based on land productivity $35/acre or $86/HA

Iowa Agriculture Farmland 87,500 farms (2012 census) 36.1 million acres (amt of land in Iowa) (14.5 million HA) 26.2 million acres - cropland (10.6 million HA) 1.3 million acres – pastureland (5.2 million HA) 97% of farms are family farms Average size farm – 358 acres (145.5 HA) 50% of ag land is owned by the farmer 50% of ag land is leased from non-farmers

Iowa Agriculture 85% of Iowa is used for farmland 1st in Corn 1st in Ethanol Production 1st in Egg Production 1st in Hog production 2nd for Soybean 2nd for Wind power 8th for Cheese Production 12th for Milk Production

Corn Production in Iowa #1 state in the US 2.5 billion bushels – 63 Million tons 169.5 Bu U.S. Average - 10.62 Ton/HA 204 Bu IA Average – 12.75 Ton/HA # 4 in the world behind US China Brazil

Uses for Corn

1 Bushel (22 kg) of Corn Conversion to Protein

Ethanol Production #1 in ethanol production 43 Ethanol Plants in operation, 4.3 billion gallons per year. (16.125 billion liters) 26% of the entire U.S. ethanol production. 470 million bushels (11.9 million)   1 bu. (25 kg) of corn produces: 17 lbs. of DDGS (7.7 kg) 2.8 gallons of ethanol (10.64 liters)

Location of Ethanol Plants

Iowa Soybean Production #2 - Soybean 562 Mill bushels – 37.6 mill Ton U.S. average 51.6 or 3.45 Ton/HA Iowa 57 bushels – 3.82 Ton/HA

Crushed to make soybean oil 80% is soybean meal and 20% is oil US Soybean usage Crushed to make soybean oil 80% is soybean meal and 20% is oil Soybean Meal Soybean Oil 97% - soybean meal is used for animal feed Largest consumer is pigs 3% soybean meal is used for food 68% - Oil is used for food 25% - Oil biodiesel 7% - industrial use

Egg Production #1 in the nation for Egg Production 60 million layer hens 16.5 billion eggs per year Consumes 54.9 Million Bu/corn 1.4 mill ton Consumes 504,500 tons of soybean meal

Hog Production #1 – Hog production Produce 20 million pounds of pork $4.2 billion – 9,000 ton 33% US Hogs are raised in Iowa

Wind Energy #2 in the United States for wind generation 6,917 megawatts 37% of Iowa energy is Wind Energy Located in North and Western parts of Iowa

Other Areas of Agriculture 4th for Beef Cattle 7th for Turkeys 8.4 million turkeys 8th for Cheese Production 12th for milk production – 560 million gallons of milk

Other Industries in Iowa Value-Added Agriculture and Food Production Renewable Energy & Fuels Advanced Manufacturing Green Energy Warehouse & Distribution Center of the U.S. Information & Communications Technology IBM, Google, Facebook, Microsoft data centers