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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
48 
6 
15 
10 
15 
1 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
3 
3 
1 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Corn for grain farms 
36,655 
4,859 
8,343 
4,874 
5,046 
8,551 
3,453 
102 
1,427 
acres 
12,263,259 
380,340 
661,207 
410,130 
1,156,187 
4,197,451 
4,247,624 
532,731 
677,589 
bushels 
1,253,283,049 
31,869,762 
56,740,502 
29,656,151 
96,802,084 
422,161,233 
482,511,940 
65,283,790 
68,257,587 
Irrigated farms 
1,197 
60 
115 
77 
115 
383 
361 
16 
70 
acres 
345,453 
3,547 
8,113 
4,962 
15,602 
92,928 
169,999 
26,006 
24,296 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,760 
1,354 
2,259 
868 
70 
35 
3 
2 
169 
25 to 99 acres 
9,339 
2,154 
3,580 
2,534 
510 
193 
22 
3 
343 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,781 
1,143 
2,141 
1,294 
2,765 
1,069 
84 
3 
282 
250 to 499 acres 
6,264 
190 
348 
153 
1,440 
3,711 
213 
- 
209 
500 acres or more 
7,511 
18 
15 
25 
261 
3,543 
3,131 
94 
424 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
2,867 
247 
377 
333 
512 
883 
383 
15 
117 
acres 
171,562 
7,707 
9,945 
9,357 
20,449 
61,024 
44,455 
6,810 
11,815 
tons 
1,795,527 
73,284 
92,622 
86,021 
189,960 
626,119 
486,765 
75,440 
165,316 
Irrigated farms 
27 
1 
1 
5 
- 
15 
4 
1 
- 
acres 
1,037 
(D) 
(D) 
43 
- 
444 
384 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,264 
152 
248 
200 
236 
293 
101 
- 
34 
25 to 99 acres 
1,152 
79 
114 
121 
237 
413 
140 
1 
47 
1 00 to 249 acres 
343 
15 
13 
10 
35 
143 
95 
7 
25 
250 to 499 acres 
72 
1 
2 
2 
4 
22 
35 
1 
5 
500 acres or more 
36 
- 
" 
- 
" 
12 
12 
6 
6 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
949 
126 
137 
180 
183 
226 
61 
3 
33 
acres 
19,769 
1,695 
1,170 
2,965 
3,859 
6,442 
2,855 
210 
573 
bushels 
1,540,579 
103,720 
76,010 
188,172 
294,364 
532,007 
290,678 
14,900 
40,728 
Irrigated farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
749 
107 
133 
149 
146 
149 
38 
1 
26 
25 to 99 acres 
182 
19 
4 
31 
32 
73 
15 
1 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
6 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Rice farms 
1 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
" 
- 
1 
- 
" 
Sorghum for grain farms 
283 
43 
55 
33 
41 
54 
40 
- 
17 
acres 
26,494 
2,523 
2,525 
1,599 
3,648 
6,197 
8,025 
- 
1,977 
bushels 
1,642,406 
128,160 
141,057 
70,562 
234,216 
416,924 
519,981 
- 
131,506 
Irrigated farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
390 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
172 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
61 
13 
18 
10 
6 
6 
7 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
136 
22 
33 
19 
20 
21 
12 
- 
9 
1 00 to 249 acres 
66 
8 
4 
4 
14 
22 
10 
- 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
6 
- 
3 
500 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
" 
" 
5 
" 
" 
Soybeans for beans farms 
34,725 
4,710 
7,653 
4,624 
4,837 
8,188 
3,280 
90 
1,343 
acres 
8,933,457 
364,255 
587,178 
373,497 
1,035,588 
3,277,994 
2,641,686 
163,618 
489,641 
bushels 
371,337,854 
13,423,242 
22,147,695 
12,945,718 
39,637,432 
137,511,459 
117,717,461 
7,792,570 
20,162,277 
Irrigated farms 
757 
54 
86 
50 
66 
249 
202 
9 
41 
acres 
111,924 
2,741 
3,546 
1,830 
4,864 
34,804 
48,280 
4,196 
11,663 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,436 
1,257 
1,987 
913 
73 
43 
14 
1 
148 
25 to 99 acres 
9,884 
2,216 
3,606 
2,413 
767 
432 
97 
3 
350 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,848 
1,035 
1,739 
1,119 
2,489 
1,883 
285 
3 
295 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 193 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
