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. 
Soybeans for beans - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
6,304 
174 
303 
171 
1,276 
3,500 
648 
11 
221 
500 acres or more 
5,253 
28 
18 
8 
232 
2,330 
2,236 
72 
329 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
11 
1 
1 
3 
1 
4 
1 
_ 
- 
acres 
500 
(D) 
(D) 
77 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
442,008 
(D) 
(D) 
36,840 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
6 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Tobacco 
farms 
14 
3 
2 
5 
2 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
78 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
788,448 
(D) 
(D) 
66,055 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
1 
, 
1 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
_ 
. 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
3 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0.0 to 24.9 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 acres or more 
6 
1 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
" 
1 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
6,999 
792 
1,410 
824 
979 
1,758 
904 
26 
306 
acres 
645,829 
29,643 
52,063 
31,159 
72,656 
209,329 
194,026 
9,894 
47,059 
bushels 
40,543,253 
1,579,342 
2,934,039 
1,672,096 
4,296,757 
13,152,997 
13,083,629 
727,100 
3,097,293 
Irrigated 
farms 
106 
4 
6 
8 
7 
34 
40 
1 
6 
acres 
9,462 
226 
(D) 
158 
100 
2,885 
5,110 
(D) 
779 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2,198 
401 
749 
362 
227 
302 
82 
4 
71 
25 to 99 acres 
2,968 
330 
532 
411 
480 
751 
344 
9 
111 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,216 
59 
125 
49 
241 
450 
223 
5 
64 
250 to 499 acres 
430 
2 
4 
1 
28 
215 
143 
3 
34 
500 acres or more 
187 
- 
- 
1 
3 
40 
112 
5 
26 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
17,947 
4,328 
6,465 
2,487 
1,357 
1,996 
825 
18 
471 
acres 
514,024 
98,416 
116,792 
68,016 
53,232 
100,734 
55,415 
2,050 
19,369 
tons, dry 
1,358,993 
194,651 
244,382 
156,960 
154,150 
329,785 
205,146 
9,864 
64,055 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
12 
26 
13 
9 
20 
13 
- 
7 
acres 
1,729 
108 
59 
70 
336 
360 
326 
- 
470 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
11,684 
3,127 
5,042 
1,594 
611 
781 
261 
3 
265 
25 to 99 acres 
5,337 
1,084 
1,313 
804 
640 
940 
385 
8 
163 
1 00 to 249 acres 
808 
103 
106 
73 
98 
246 
144 
5 
33 
250 to 499 acres 
100 
13 
2 
15 
7 
25 
27 
1 
10 
500 acres or more 
18 
1 
2 
1 
1 
4 
8 
1 
- 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
10,447 
2,077 
3,501 
1,492 
967 
1,455 
630 
12 
313 
acres 
247,746 
33,806 
48,353 
33,412 
32,798 
57,398 
31,297 
760 
9,922 
tons, dry 
753,158 
83,119 
122,583 
87,592 
103,538 
197,308 
120,990 
3,115 
34,913 
Irrigated 
farms 
68 
7 
18 
8 
6 
11 
13 
- 
5 
acres 
1,073 
101 
39 
62 
309 
140 
268 
" 
154 
Other tame hay 
farms 
6,824 
1,893 
2,583 
924 
433 
619 
219 
3 
150 
acres 
183,880 
47,706 
52,410 
25,787 
14,806 
24,488 
12,647 
394 
5,642 
tons, dry 
358,838 
82,899 
93,314 
48,588 
30,854 
58,883 
31,841 
725 
1 1 ,734 
Irrigated 
farms 
22 
3 
4 
4 
4 
5 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
388 
5 
12 
7 
(D) 
158 
- 
- 
(D) 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
16 
3 
8 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
332 
(D) 
65 
(D) 
167 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
" 
" 
" 
" 
- 
(D) 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,370 
241 
362 
317 
89 
192 
120 
7 
42 
acres 
69,847 
2,165 
3,268 
3,464 
3,146 
20,573 
23,154 
1 1 ,420 
2,658 
Irrigated 
farms 
495 
75 
109 
152 
28 
63 
45 
4 
19 
acres 
27,853 
583 
(D) 
1,759 
967 
8,108 
9,020 
(D) 
1,372 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
734 
179 
282 
205 
23 
19 
7 
19 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
235 
44 
49 
82 
23 
25 
4 
- 
8 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
221 
9 
23 
25 
37 
82 
36 
2 
7 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
114 
9 
8 
4 
6 
37 
43 
1 
6 
250.0 acres or more 
66 
- 
- 
1 
- 
29 
30 
4 
2 
Beans, snap 
farms 
435 
89 
102 
150 
14 
41 
23 
3 
13 
acres 
8,468 
160 
(D) 
348 
394 
3,155 
2,725 
(D) 
(D) 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
82 
7 
9 
16 
3 
26 
14 
3 
4 
acres 
7,945 
(D) 
(D) 
206 
385 
2,954 
2,623 
(D) 
(D) 
Peas, green 
farms 
137 
7 
8 
16 
17 
54 
27 
4 
4 
acres 
10,214 
250 
208 
318 
683 
5,279 
2,489 
830 
158 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
194 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
