Iowa           : Leading commdities for cash receipts, 2008
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R                                                       Percent                          Percent          Value
a             Item                        Value of      of total       Cumulative        of U.S.          of U.S.
n                                         receipts      receipts       percent 1/        value 2/        receipts
k
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                                       1,000 dollars   ----------      Percent          ----------       1,000 dollars

     All commodities                   24,752,867        100.0             --               7.6          324,186,533
     Crops                             14,885,137         60.1             --               8.1          183,096,155
     Livestock and products             9,867,730         39.9             --               7.0          141,090,378

 1   Corn                               9,702,532         39.2           39.2              18.8           51,550,748
 2   Soybeans                           4,800,163         19.4           58.6              16.5           29,058,111
 3   Hogs                               4,758,635         19.2           77.8              29.6           16,077,382
 4   Cattle and calves                  2,881,656         11.6           89.5               6.0           48,189,205
 5   Chicken eggs                       1,117,850          4.5           94.0              13.6            8,225,507
 6   Dairy products                       794,945          3.2           97.2               2.3           34,772,735
 7   Turkeys                              201,600          0.8           98.0               4.5            4,478,260
 8   Hay                                  201,514          0.8           98.8               2.7            7,402,735
 9   Greenhouse/nursery                    91,577          0.4           99.2               0.6           16,096,699
10   Sheep and lambs                       30,266          0.1           99.3               6.8              442,684
11   Oats                                  14,060          0.1           99.4               8.8              159,156
12   Wheat                                 11,961          0.0           99.4               0.1           17,445,471
13   Honey                                  2,321          0.0           99.4               1.0              226,294
14   Apples                                 1,455          0.0           99.4               0.1            2,667,803
15   Wool                                     413          0.0           99.4               1.3               32,381
16   Farm chickens                            107          0.0           99.4               0.1               74,034


     Government payments 4/               803,532           --             --               6.6           12,237,568
     Net farm income 5/                 7,025,965           --             --               8.1           87,073,789
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 -- = Not applicable

1/ The cumulative percentage is the sum of the percent of total receipts for each               commodity and all preceding commodities.
2/ Percent State receipts are of U.S. receipts for same line item.
3/ Commodities at the bottom of the above ranked list of commodities and having no accompanying data would have appeared
within the ranked list of leading commodities, but were excluded to avoid disclosure of confidential information about
individual producers.
4/ Government payments made directly to farmers in cash or Payment-in-Kind.
5/ Net farm income, a value of production measure, is the farm operator's share of the sector's net value added
to the National economy from production activities within a calendar year.