Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



(Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment tor price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms - number. 



Land in farms _ acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm., dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres - 



10 to 49 acres -- - 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres _ 



500 to 999 acres _ _ 



1,000 10 1.999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



Harvested cropland _ farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land __- farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1 .000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) — . 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) __ _. 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) _._ 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) _ 



Poultry and eggs (025)___ _ ___ _. 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation _. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming __. 



Other _ __ 



Selected farm production expenses^: 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer ,_ $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor ___ $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops harvested: 



Corn for grain or seed ___ farms. 



acres. 

 Corn for silage or green chop... farms. 



Wheat for grain _ farms. 



Soybeans for beans _ farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop. etc. 

 (see text) _ ___ farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _ _ farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIM ILLINOIS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



