Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
43,784 
4,210 
5,367 
6,618 
8,418 
5,282 
acres treated 
18,055,173 
7,181,954 
4,450,227 
3,161,194 
2,081,322 
634,143 
Manure used 
farms 
8,535 
1,032 
1,091 
1,222 
1,478 
831 
acres treated 
548,993 
218,008 
118,182 
80,906 
66,998 
23,594 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
25,712 
3,454 
3,994 
4,540 
5,064 
2,853 
acres 
9,415,667 
4,187,987 
2,270,350 
1,531,358 
929,364 
283,454 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
42,737 
4,216 
5,366 
6,650 
8,425 
5,298 
acres 
21,526,174 
8,691,965 
5,392,978 
3,771,578 
2,418,065 
710,918 
Nematodes 
farms 
3,957 
523 
560 
602 
785 
514 
acres 
1,149,489 
447,892 
287,796 
203,377 
128,446 
47,519 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
5,241 
993 
864 
803 
812 
491 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1,733,188 
931,736 
394,010 
218,262 
119,843 
36,913 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
542 
58 
45 
66 
63 
62 
acres on which used 
50,358 
14,264 
8,222 
12,528 
7,177 
3,665 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
25,035 
2,826 
3,753 
4,341 
4,715 
2,646 
acres 
8,900,026 
3,610,129 
2,383,489 
1,579,165 
856,405 
239,935 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
14,013 
1,169 
1,550 
1,906 
2,375 
1,439 
acres 
3,701,001 
1,158,906 
936,956 
721,796 
518,665 
156,729 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
5,768 
372 
438 
537 
590 
420 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
288,183 
42,275 
35,794 
33,510 
36,437 
18,271 
used 
farms 
22,098 
2,604 
3,296 
3,746 
4,405 
2,537 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,050,291 
2,185,721 
1,556,761 
1,126,992 
768,797 
232,391 
used 
farms 
18,446 
2,690 
3,150 
3,415 
3,673 
1,944 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
7,655,845 
3,375,264 
2,006,558 
1,260,713 
708,452 
184,388 
practices were used 
farms 
24,735 
2,286 
2,806 
3,688 
4,751 
3,030 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
8,355,327 
3,312,430 
1,951,309 
1 ,478,876 
1,011,518 
321,500 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
4,734 
487 
551 
629 
727 
467 
acres 
318,636 
101,045 
69,853 
53,572 
47,579 
17,811 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
3,046 
312 
424 
431 
503 
277 
Solar panels 
farms 
423 
18 
20 
30 
27 
28 
Wind turbines 
farms 
672 
105 
125 
129 
113 
47 
Methane digesters 
farms 
18 
4 
2 
4 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
769 
55 
86 
89 
79 
44 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
23 
4 
2 
2 
1 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1,247 
156 
211 
199 
277 
149 
Ethanol 
farms 
903 
132 
174 
182 
169 
102 
Other 
farms 
16 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
806 
116 
158 
176 
133 
54 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
44,057 
411 
396 
908 
2,403 
2,805 
Part owners 
farms 
23,849 
3,496 
4,295 
4,794 
4,735 
2,070 
Tenants 
farms 
7,181 
492 
726 
1,043 
1,532 
951 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
68,364 
3,919 
4,709 
5,747 
7,241 
4,943 
acres 
13,428,558 
2,764,529 
1 ,864,242 
1 ,687,388 
1 ,682,508 
886,566 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
67,906 
3,907 
4,691 
5,702 
7,138 
4,875 
acres 
10,782,513 
2,637,425 
1,760,600 
1,562,140 
1,449,513 
693,360 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
31,159 
3,991 
5,021 
5,841 
6,284 
3,035 
acres 
16,218,390 
6,803,495 
4,234,497 
2,764,527 
1,588,838 
393,949 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
31,030 
3,988 
5,021 
5,837 
6,267 
3,021 
acres 
16,155,208 
6,795,871 
4,221,224 
2,760,975 
1,580,208 
388,747 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
17,411 
471 
483 
693 
1,145 
995 
acres 
2,709,227 
134,728 
116,915 
128,800 
241,625 
198,408 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
109,123 
8,002 
7,910 
9,509 
1 1 ,972 
8,235 
1 operator 
47,889 
2,003 
3,448 
4,554 
6,045 
3,901 
2 operators 
22,199 
1,583 
1,533 
1,749 
2,096 
1,548 
3 operators 
3,915 
597 
385 
357 
424 
311 
4 operators 
729 
138 
35 
59 
78 
42 
5 or more operators 
355 
78 
16 
26 
27 
24 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
24,918 
1,126 
1,103 
1,402 
1,864 
1,575 
1 operator 
22,069 
977 
1,015 
1,237 
1,686 
1,370 
2 operators 
1,117 
48 
31 
59 
70 
72 
3 operators 
161 
14 
3 
13 
10 
15 
4 operators 
23 
- 
- 
2 
2 
4 
5 or more operators 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
