A total of almost 1,000 acres were listed for sale in Iowa's Howard County recently, representing a combined $7 million in Howard County ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale. Howard County ranks 99th out of 99 counties in the Cyclone State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Riceville featured the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Howard County economy, with 883 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Howard County generate annual revenues of $28 million, most of which is from crops. Howard County is the 75th biggest county (473 square miles) in Iowa. It's located in the Eastern Iowa region of Iowa.