Table 34. Other Animals and Animal Products - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Colonies of bees 
919 
10,043 
497 
9,390 
Llamas 
274 
968 
514 
2,168 
Bison 
32 
688 
82 
1,265 
Mink, live 
5 
27,076 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Deer in captivity 
109 
2,052 
164 
2,353 
Rabbits, live 
379 
9,492 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Elk in captivity 
25 
249 
45 
1,170 
Other livestock (see text) 
29 
(X) 
65 
(X) 
Alpacas 
169 
2,380 
214 
2,349 
Table 35. Other Animals and Animal Products - Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Honey collected (pounds) (see text)' 
581 
438,029 
1,758 
304 
480,202 
Milk from sheep and goats 
103 
(NA) 
1,521 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Bison 
17 
193 
265 
32 
552 
Deer in captivity 
38 
364 
351 
58 
801 
Elk in captivity 
11 
22 
32 
25 
193 
Alpacas 
53 
235 
587 
50 
166 
Llamas 
30 
122 
109 
64 
223 
Mink, live (see text) 
- 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rabbits, live (see text) 
143 
19,664 
179 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other livestock (see text) 
13 
(X) 
(D) 
76 
(X) 
Other livestock products^ 
321 
(X) 
9,928 
137 
(X) 
' Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 36. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 2012 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Entire crop irrigated 
Part of crop irrigated 
None of crop irrigated 
Crop 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Acres not 
irrigated 
Average yield 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average yield 
per acre 
Barley for grain (bushels) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn for grain (bushels) 
150 
30,754 
142.3 
1,047 
314,699 
625,714 
115.4 
35,458 
11,292,092 
101.0 
Corn for silage or greenchop (tons) 
7 
115 
9.8 
20 
922 
1,928 
11.3 
2,840 
168,597 
10.5 
Cotton, all (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton (bales) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas (cwt) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Oats for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
6 
6 
48 
97.7 
943 
19,715 
77.9 
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice (cwt) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain (bushels) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
273 
25,285 
61.7 
Soybeans for beans (bushels) 
97 
13,096 
44.6 
660 
98,828 
241,720 
41.9 
33,968 
8,579,813 
41.5 
Sugarbeets for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar (tons) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco (pounds) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
Wheat for grain, all (bushels) 
20 
4,411 
44.3 
86 
5,051 
9,551 
62.0 
6,893 
626,816 
62.9 
Winter wheat for grain (bushels) 
20 
4,411 
44.3 
86 
5,051 
9,551 
62.0 
6,893 
626,816 
62.9 
Durum wheat for grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Spring wheat for 
grain (bushels) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, dry equivalent) (see text) 
19 
506 
(X) 
81 
1,223 
2,093 
(X) 
17,847 
510,202 
(X) 
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) 
14 
322 
3.7 
54 
751 
1,098 
2.8 
10,379 
245,575 
3.0 
Small grain hay (tons, dry) 
- 
- 
- 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
2.4 
855 
18,465 
2.7 
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small 
grain, and wild hay (tons, dry) 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
18 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6,802 
183,055 
1.9 
Wild hay (tons, dry) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,347 
(D) 
(D) 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or 
alfalfa mixtures (tons, green) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
10 
173 
(D) 
(D) 
764 
35,113 
6.7 
All other haylage, grass silage, 
and greenchop (tons, green) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
759 
19,099 
3.8 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
299 
16,996 
(X) 
196 
10,857 
6,323 
(X) 
875 
35,671 
(X) 
Land in orchards (see text) 
80 
432 
(X) 
37 
281 
433 
(X) 
809 
4,597 
(X) 
Land in berries (see text) 
123 
288 
(X) 
50 
61 
(D) 
(X) 
300 
(D) 
(X) 
26 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
