Table 14. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Illinois: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
998 
165 
280 
271 
51 
82 
46 
7 
96 
$1,000 
322,104 
5,517 
13,304 
7,990 
7,030 
34,165 
64,813 
97,998 
91,286 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
392 
35 
83 
65 
37 
70 
40 
7 
55 
$1,000 
314,610 
4,210 
10,944 
5,440 
6,796 
33,923 
64,699 
97,998 
90,600 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
254 
96 
75 
46 
7 
12 
6 
- 
12 
$1,000 
2,613 
(D) 
602 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
161 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
12 
- 
3 
3 
2 
1 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,522 
- 
345 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
212 
86 
60 
39 
6 
8 
4 
- 
9 
$1,000 
2,013 
(□) 
249 
(D) 
(D) 
147 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
8 
- 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,102 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
49 
13 
19 
7 
1 
4 
2 
- 
3 
$1,000 
600 
51 
353 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
4 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
420 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
8,393 
2,356 
3,198 
1,147 
462 
686 
313 
11 
220 
$1,000 
82,268 
10,920 
12,455 
(D) 
5,939 
11,247 
9,895 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
185 
18 
14 
12 
15 
56 
59 
2 
9 
$1,000 
40,894 
1,438 
1,216 
902 
(D) 
5,175 
6,876 
(D) 
(D) 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
40 
9 
19 
6 
3 
- 
3 
$1,000 
159 
3 
(D) 
1 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
" 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
14,160 
2,649 
4,533 
2,021 
1,417 
2,149 
956 
24 
411 
$1,000 
984,466 
36,460 
66,730 
34,345 
68,512 
206,860 
414,994 
118,687 
37,878 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,613 
132 
252 
130 
392 
918 
653 
20 
116 
$1,000 
843,808 
11,390 
28,868 
(D) 
49,927 
181,163 
408,343 
(D) 
33,772 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
908 
35 
45 
98 
209 
331 
125 
5 
60 
$1,000 
347,339 
4,840 
2,904 
7,752 
31,510 
111,262 
119,332 
13,410 
56,329 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
844 
31 
23 
74 
208 
325 
125 
5 
53 
$1,000 
345,828 
4,648 
(D) 
7,074 
(D) 
111,046 
119,332 
13,410 
56,201 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
2,019 
146 
513 
243 
174 
393 
375 
38 
137 
$1,000 
1,519,514 
11,825 
24,883 
29,104 
63,555 
199,648 
483,797 
325,069 
381,633 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,007 
23 
51 
58 
82 
303 
340 
38 
112 
$1,000 
1,512,050 
11,181 
22,791 
27,766 
62,274 
198,456 
483,268 
325,069 
381,246 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
2,276 
496 
1,081 
391 
87 
133 
45 
- 
43 
$1,000 
10,716 
1,784 
3,658 
1,926 
628 
977 
1,417 
- 
326 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
27 
5 
5 
7 
1 
2 
5 
- 
2 
$1,000 
3,127 
353 
545 
503 
(D) 
(D) 
1,020 
- 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
2,086 
543 
940 
424 
48 
57 
14 
2 
58 
$1,000 
24,638 
4,875 
8,195 
4,133 
1,352 
2,726 
(D) 
(D) 
3,249 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
112 
22 
38 
19 
6 
7 
20 
$1,000 
11,838 
1,565 
2,727 
1,376 
1,050 
2,485 
- 
- 
2,636 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
2,378 
484 
1,169 
411 
102 
119 
29 
4 
60 
$1,000 
136,876 
500 
5,734 
6,131 
16,720 
14,858 
9,397 
56,843 
26,692 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
97 
1 
11 
13 
19 
32 
7 
4 
10 
$1,000 
134,206 
(D) 
(D) 
5,341 
16,569 
14,729 
9,369 
56,843 
26,562 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
52 
7 
18 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
17 
$1,000 
5,425 
(D) 
(D) 
47 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
8 
$1,000 
5,238 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
1,051 
282 
448 
187 
29 
41 
9 
- 
55 
$1,000 
13,338 
1,417 
1,958 
898 
892 
2,712 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
26 
5 
3 
4 
4 
7 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
9,506 
(□) 
430 
233 
655 
2,586 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
56,291 
13,439 
16,866 
6,965 
5,027 
8,368 
3,252 
99 
2,275 
$1,000 
553,300 
67,076 
74,083 
32,794 
50,648 
163,099 
128,720 
8,611 
28,269 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
11,736 
840 
1,890 
1,357 
2,071 
3,700 
1,446 
26 
406 
$1,000 
1,308,470 
25,188 
59,595 
54,480 
184,136 
577,138 
344,395 
8,843 
54,695 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
2,981 
570 
1,297 
560 
137 
264 
82 
4 
67 
$1,000 
33,009 
2,325 
4,941 
5,042 
4,150 
7,219 
7,349 
32 
1,951 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
75,087 
18,601 
25,460 
10,058 
5,408 
8,864 
3,593 
130 
2,973 
$1,000 
13,459,269 
496,765 
865,649 
492,367 
1,115,434 
3,895,152 
4,493,232 
977,509 
1,123,162 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
179,249 
26,706 
34,000 
48,953 
206,256 
439,435 
1,250,552 
7,519,302 
377,787 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
46,234 
7,675 
12,711 
6,526 
5,231 
8,724 
3,501 
112 
1,754 
$1,000 
2,405,662 
81,937 
144,654 
86,452 
232,962 
826,792 
802,241 
86,090 
144,535 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
14,401 
4,158 
6,738 
2,640 
208 
146 
33 
1 
477 
$5,000 to $24,999 
12,351 
2,547 
4,180 
2,875 
1,481 
734 
77 
7 
450 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 183 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
