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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
6,088 
2,176 
2,640 
861 
40 
17 
6 
1 
347 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,369 
1,948 
2,486 
683 
24 
13 
1 
- 
214 
$10,000 to $19,999 
9,557 
3,488 
4,375 
1,229 
56 
35 
7 
- 
367 
$20,000 to $49,999 
15,969 
5,313 
7,184 
2,495 
247 
134 
17 
1 
578 
$50,000 to $99,999 
10,459 
2,936 
4,261 
1,996 
597 
267 
40 
6 
356 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,185 
1,592 
2,560 
1,475 
1,344 
840 
113 
3 
258 
$200,000 to $499,999 
9,898 
925 
1,509 
986 
2,186 
3,414 
528 
14 
336 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
9,559 
221 
444 
333 
914 
4,144 
2,881 
105 
517 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
54,096 
11,516 
16,263 
7,217 
5,153 
8,574 
3,553 
126 
1,694 
number 
113,513 
16,875 
24,407 
12,307 
12,346 
25,929 
15,416 
1,142 
5,091 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
58,978 
13,515 
18,631 
7,548 
5,131 
8,558 
3,544 
127 
1,924 
number 
190,724 
31,841 
42,688 
21,665 
21,839 
42,503 
21,486 
1,002 
7,700 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
27,344 
7,074 
9,010 
3,467 
2,035 
3,402 
1,413 
45 
898 
number 
40,516 
10,281 
12,497 
5,095 
3,147 
5,380 
2,481 
89 
1,546 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
40,969 
9,264 
12,389 
5,228 
3,831 
6,373 
2,504 
85 
1,295 
number 
67,174 
14,199 
17,972 
8,601 
6,952 
11,597 
5,154 
252 
2,447 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
33,505 
4,409 
7,076 
4,223 
4,733 
8,289 
3,465 
114 
1,196 
number 
83,034 
7,361 
12,219 
7,969 
1 1 ,740 
25,526 
13,851 
661 
3,707 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
26,909 
2,716 
4,596 
3,092 
4,170 
7,910 
3,342 
95 
988 
number 
30,206 
3,014 
4,993 
3,392 
4,578 
8,734 
4,081 
219 
1,195 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
1,376 
168 
321 
199 
153 
313 
165 
5 
52 
number 
1,461 
182 
347 
215 
163 
324 
171 
6 
53 
Hay balers 
....farms 
14,491 
3,097 
4,689 
2,179 
1,350 
2,017 
729 
16 
414 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
18,579 
3,892 
5,866 
2,838 
1,803 
2,641 
964 
20 
555 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
43,784 
6,882 
11,519 
6,127 
5,227 
8,727 
3,506 
112 
1,684 
acres treated 
18,055,173 
668,420 
1,155,182 
729,256 
1,883,077 
6,233,869 
5,761,069 
609,947 
1,014,353 
Manure used 
....farms 
8,535 
1,148 
2,216 
1,191 
1,113 
1,736 
816 
25 
290 
acres treated 
548,993 
26,189 
41,725 
32,971 
58,936 
162,244 
178,389 
13,103 
35,436 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
25,712 
3,157 
5,696 
3,158 
3,325 
6,329 
2,876 
99 
1,072 
acres 
9,415,667 
290,242 
544,899 
306,296 
859,566 
3,166,318 
3,298,934 
432,249 
517,163 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
42,737 
6,586 
10,965 
5,918 
5,243 
8,743 
3,509 
112 
1,661 
acres 
21,526,174 
775,971 
1,273,219 
822,473 
2,238,270 
7,533,796 
6,961,572 
719,385 
1,201,488 
Nematodes 
....farms 
3,957 
560 
916 
537 
460 
863 
447 
19 
155 
acres 
1,149,489 
47,068 
78,461 
42,907 
119,780 
388,903 
380,241 
19,338 
72,791 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
5,241 
553 
1,164 
591 
524 
1,287 
852 
28 
242 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,733,188 
31,808 
90,610 
39,552 
99,017 
530,249 
769,843 
64,033 
108,076 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
542 
95 
143 
101 
50 
81 
45 
5 
22 
acres on which used 
50,358 
3,288 
4,694 
5,506 
7,813 
13,207 
11,112 
1,399 
3,339 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
25,035 
3,603 
5,741 
3,066 
3,280 
5,918 
2,335 
55 
1,037 
acres 
8,900,026 
288,777 
513,902 
297,303 
930,033 
3,324,813 
2,888,278 
175,345 
481,575 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
14,013 
2,412 
3,920 
1,931 
1,593 
2,510 
977 
21 
649 
acres 
3,701,001 
163,611 
301,751 
184,504 
469,644 
1,279,301 
961,307 
40,632 
300,251 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
5,768 
1,578 
1,851 
628 
385 
730 
312 
5 
279 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
288,183 
63,187 
71,502 
(D) 
19,898 
51,686 
40,679 
(D) 
19,844 
used 
....farms 
22,098 
3,217 
4,878 
2,728 
2,928 
5,246 
2,192 
61 
848 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,050,291 
257,800 
397,859 
253,085 
704,186 
2,191,074 
1,816,874 
126,095 
303,318 
used 
....farms 
18,446 
2,218 
3,473 
2,113 
2,537 
5,022 
2,229 
78 
776 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
7,655,845 
220,689 
318,432 
223,249 
706,912 
2,776,493 
2,652,834 
305,312 
451,924 
practices were used 
....farms 
24,735 
3,672 
6,940 
3,665 
2,915 
4,623 
1,913 
58 
949 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
8,355,327 
331,149 
610,416 
375,715 
883,789 
2,756,208 
2,638,681 
291,247 
468,122 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
4,734 
793 
1,256 
678 
492 
907 
404 
12 
192 
acres 
318,636 
18,925 
33,723 
19,820 
37,132 
102,682 
76,144 
9,178 
21,032 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
3,046 
445 
862 
370 
358 
637 
276 
5 
93 
Solar panels 
....farms 
423 
79 
174 
77 
26 
32 
14 
1 
20 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
672 
87 
120 
57 
98 
189 
88 
4 
29 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
18 
6 
- 
2 
1 
5 
1 
- 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
769 
167 
264 
80 
56 
134 
50 
- 
18 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
23 
5 
3 
5 
1 
3 
2 
- 
4 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
1,247 
127 
293 
164 
182 
309 
138 
- 
34 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
188 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
