Iowa CropMAP

Wapello County

Total population (2010 census): 35625
Total population (1990 census): 35687
County seat: Ottumwa

Extension office

Crop Statistics (2007 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals	Farms	Acres	Yield
Maize=Corn	217	51779	8058194 bu
Wheat for Grain, Total	9	239	9438 bu
Oats	10	185	9634 bu
Grain Legumes	Farms	Acres	Yield
Soybeans	206	34702	1600142 bu
Forages	Farms	Acres	Yield (tons)
Total Hay*	314	13548	39045
Alfalfa Hay	217	9283	30471
Small Grain Hay	14	276	250
Tame Hay	124	3753	7954
Wild Hay	12	236	370
All Haylage, Grass Silage & Greenchop	19	996	4389
Corn for Silage or Greenchop	11	510	6786
Vegetables	Farms	Acres	Yield
Sweet Corn	3	7
Fruits	Farms	Acres	Yield
Grapes	3	D
Apples	2	D
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale	Farms	Sq. ft. under glass or other protection	Acres in the open	Sales ($1,000)
Floriculture Crops	2	D	D	D
Bedding/Garden Plants	2	D	D	D
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested	2	X	D	NA

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals	Farms	Acres	Yield
Maize=Corn	331	48851	6408454 bu
Wheat for Grain, Total	11	199	8940 bu
Oats	48	1113	91043 bu
Grain Legumes	Farms	Acres	Yield
Soybean	320	51014	2332218 bu
Forages	Farms	Acres	Yield
Total Hay*	420	18609	44351 tons, dry
Alfalfa Hay	309	11268	31016 tons, dry
Small Grain Hay	28	498	1035 tons, dry
Tame Hay	152	5538	10208 tons, dry
Wild Hay	22	787	967 tons dry
Grass Silage	13	518	3374 tons, grn
Corn for Silage	21	555	9618 tons, grn
Vegetables	Farms	Acres	Yield
Sweet Corn	3	D
Fruits	Farms	Acres	Yield
Apples	6	D	2507 trees
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale	Farms	Sq. ft. under glass or other protection	Acres in the open	Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops	12	D	29	263
Florculture Crops	5	D	D	D
Bedding/Garden Plants	5	D	D	D
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested	5	X	11	18
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops	3	D	13	3

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
(-) = Represents zero.
(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(NA) = Not Available.
(X) = Not Applicable.
(Z) = Less than half of the unit shown.