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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
5,591 
1,222 
1,832 
840 
511 
730 
290 
7 
159 
number 
125,563 
14,431 
21,940 
11,058 
14,442 
29,252 
24,216 
3,246 
6,978 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
12,305 
2,203 
3,825 
1,721 
1,269 
1,995 
911 
24 
357 
number 
710,349 
30,122 
51,769 
28,573 
51,740 
158,596 
285,867 
76,769 
26,913 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
2,183 
157 
260 
182 
358 
697 
432 
14 
83 
number 
403,203 
4,446 
13,163 
4,645 
22,983 
85,684 
199,856 
56,624 
15,802 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
2,045 
177 
521 
281 
169 
369 
353 
37 
138 
Farms with- 
number 
4,630,796 
34,509 
87,885 
66,402 
205,452 
587,397 
1,482,538 
1,133,521 
1,033,092 
1 to 24 
733 
117 
376 
155 
30 
36 
6 
- 
13 
25 to 49 
136 
21 
50 
34 
8 
15 
5 
- 
3 
50 to 99 
122 
12 
29 
24 
24 
22 
8 
- 
3 
100 to 199 
90 
6 
8 
22 
23 
20 
8 
- 
3 
200 to 499 
148 
10 
28 
11 
27 
44 
18 
- 
10 
500 or more 
816 
11 
30 
35 
57 
232 
308 
37 
106 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
1,023 
104 
274 
162 
99 
152 
136 
25 
71 
number 
464,442 
1,210 
8,950 
1,672 
8,087 
26,838 
125,079 
87,035 
205,571 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
1,866 
149 
445 
243 
158 
358 
349 
36 
128 
number 
4,166,354 
33,299 
78,935 
64,730 
197,365 
560,559 
1,357,459 
1,046,486 
827,521 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
2,019 
146 
513 
243 
174 
393 
375 
38 
137 
number 
13,121,384 
104,265 
201,544 
189,971 
500,199 
1,649,192 
4,158,311 
2,574,836 
3,743,066 
$1,000 
1,519,514 
1 1 ,825 
24,883 
29,104 
63,555 
199,648 
483,797 
325,069 
381,633 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
1,751 
378 
771 
315 
85 
122 
45 
- 
35 
number 
54,675 
9,256 
17,771 
10,668 
3,412 
6,648 
4,950 
- 
1,970 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
1,457 
309 
657 
240 
82 
106 
37 
- 
26 
number 
35,401 
5,603 
11,894 
6,512 
2,422 
4,032 
3,601 
- 
1,337 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
1,217 
265 
535 
196 
67 
94 
38 
- 
22 
number 
40,352 
5,726 
11,265 
6,415 
2,930 
4,863 
6,464 
" 
2,689 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
8,436 
2,395 
3,812 
1,329 
289 
321 
101 
7 
182 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
62,714 
15,646 
24,259 
13,815 
2,716 
2,669 
544 
39 
3,026 
inventory 
....farms 
8,155 
2,314 
3,707 
1,284 
277 
303 
93 
6 
171 
number 
51,724 
13,794 
20,559 
10,674 
1,896 
2,279 
457 
19 
2,046 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
2,002 
517 
898 
411 
47 
55 
14 
2 
58 
number 
7,615 
1,852 
2,810 
1,573 
594 
442 
(D) 
(D) 
312 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
2,193 
507 
1,141 
384 
38 
59 
18 
_ 
46 
number 
31,546 
6,711 
14,897 
6,939 
852 
1,091 
434 
- 
622 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
1,152 
245 
611 
212 
18 
36 
9 
- 
21 
number 
14,970 
3,062 
6,889 
3,332 
818 
461 
251 
- 
157 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
3,725 
851 
1,903 
581 
125 
143 
30 
4 
88 
Farms with- 
number 
4,327,311 
19,934 
68,241 
59,909 
(D) 
233,552 
(D) 
3,093,632 
641,358 
1 to 399 
3,673 
851 
1,900 
567 
121 
127 
28 
- 
79 
400 to 3,199 
20 
- 
2 
12 
2 
1 
1 
- 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
8 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
- 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
7 
- 
- 
4 
20,000 to 49,999 
4 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
456 
95 
219 
91 
17 
12 
8 
1 
13 
number 
371,531 
2,439 
19,328 
6,230 
(D) 
43,355 
196 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
582 
98 
299 
93 
25 
29 
12 
4 
22 
number 
2,759,080 
2,353 
31,222 
52,664 
(D) 
453,764 
(D) 
1,365,425 
620,297 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
44 
5 
15 
12 
3 
6 
- 
- 
3 
number 
324,481 
136 
(D) 
1,262 
(D) 
54,021 
- 
- 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
398 
53 
214 
86 
13 
21 
- 
- 
11 
Farms with- 
number 
302,571 
4,706 
110,626 
122,675 
49,894 
5,275 
- 
9,395 
1 to 1,999 
375 
53 
205 
76 
11 
21 
- 
- 
9 
2,000 to 59,999 
23 
- 
9 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
440 
92 
210 
82 
17 
26 
7 
- 
6 
number 
739,660 
(D) 
53,258 
75,924 
297,943 
173,728 
137,822 
- 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
180 
12 
85 
42 
14 
18 
5 
- 
4 
number 
2,106,554 
271 
(D) 
(D) 
835,193 
533,216 
299,964 
- 
640 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
64 
9 
19 
11 
19 
4 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
1,518 
161 
487 
133 
600 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
79,199 
14,791 
21,572 
11,560 
22,266 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
192 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
