Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment tor price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text 1 



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 to 1.999 acres- 



2.000 acres or more 



Harvested cropland .-- -- farms- 



acres- 



Irrigated land - farms. 



acres- 

 Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops $1.000- 



Grains -- - - $1,000- 



Cotton and cottonseed $1,000. 



Tobacco - - $1,000. 



Hay. silage, and field seeds $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons $1,000. 



Fruits, nuts, and berries $1,000. 



Nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000. 



Other crops $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products $1,000. 



Dairy products - $1,000- 



Cattle and calves - - — $1,000- 



Hogs and pigs - - $1,000- 



Sheep, lambs, and wool $1,000. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text) $1,000- 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



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



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other --- — — 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days Of more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total fann production expenses' $1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer' — - $1,000. 



Agncultural chemicals' $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor — — $1,000. 



Interest expense^ $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



I^ilk cows — - farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Com for silage or green chop farms, 



acres. 

 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. 



5 931 

 12 971 

 23 824 

 26 720 

 14 320 



4 407 

 613 



79 986 



20 102 388 



1 635 



208 105 



6 376 801 



71 822 



4 158 936 



3 887 404 



36 903 

 50 406 

 16 253 

 160 645 



7 323 



2 217 865 

 59 412 

 280 308 

 780 151 



1 062 524 



8 179 

 27 292 



75 409 

 10 651 

 2 135 



50,4 

 4 557 450 



460 761 

 451 832 

 564 393 

 336 428 

 299 486 

 275 128 

 448 150 



33 306 



1 885 444 



4 304 



186 371 



17 084 



5 642 991 



4 013 



4 396 092 



66 600 



9 162 711 



5 451 



149 419 



21 356 



954 990 



61 547 



8 768 833 



30 589 



6 101 

 15 183 

 27 513 

 31 723 

 13 879 



3 606 

 478 



89 124 



23 008 244 



1 182 



166 012 



7 313 529 



74 262 



5 092 452 



4 887 752 



33 782 

 40 257 

 11 767 

 116 253 

 2 642 



2 221 076 

 74 546 

 288 402 

 765 417 

 1 057 028 

 7 847 

 27 835 



49.2 

 (NA) 



447 023 

 477 619 

 712 705 

 344 575 

 480 860 

 225 820 

 660 391 



41 028 

 2 315 397 



5 812 

 206 827 



21 646 

 5 968 994 



6 341 

 5 745 191 



73 372 



11 383 178 



6 026 



220 422 



28 080 



1 452 686 



66 595 



8 997 737 



33 492 



982 655 



1 585 



81 916 



-14.6 

 -13.4 

 -15,8 



-10.3 

 -12.6 

 38.3 

 25,4 



-12.8 

 -3.3 

 -18.3 

 -20.5 



25.2 

 38.1 

 38.2 

 177,2 



-13,0 

 14.4 

 -10.9 



-37,7 

 21,8 

 -32 1 



-9.2 

 -19.5 

 -32.1 

 -32,2 

 -23.9 

 -34.3 



'Data are based on a sample of farms, 



'Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



ILLINOIS 1 



