Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
582 
399 
143 
40 
223 
359 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
number 
2,759,080 
2,607,377 
148,308 
3,395 
1 ,426,833 
1,332,247 
sold 
farms 
44 
26 
14 
4 
11 
33 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
number 
324,481 
268,860 
54,381 
1,240 
136,122 
188,359 
sold 
farms 
398 
254 
110 
34 
162 
236 
Farms with- 
number 
302,571 
170,236 
120,913 
1 1 ,422 
221,789 
80,782 
1 to 1 ,999 
375 
240 
103 
32 
147 
228 
2,000 to 59,999 
23 
14 
7 
2 
15 
8 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
farms 
440 
312 
98 
30 
179 
261 
number 
739,660 
422,075 
(D) 
(D) 
199,685 
539,975 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms 
180 
109 
54 
17 
67 
113 
CROPS HARVESTED 
number 
2,106,554 
1,330,625 
(D) 
(D) 
616,133 
1,490,421 
Barley for grain 
farms 
64 
22 
32 
10 
33 
31 
acres 
1,518 
562 
835 
121 
783 
735 
bushels 
79,199 
24,403 
48,874 
5,922 
49,448 
29,751 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
48 
17 
22 
9 
25 
23 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
4 
9 
1 
7 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
36,655 
11,031 
20,218 
5,406 
24,024 
12,631 
acres 
12,263,259 
1,210,197 
9,367,392 
1,685,670 
6,756,979 
5,506,280 
bushels 
1,253,283,049 
119,848,648 
950,229,253 
183,205,148 
683,425,228 
569,857,821 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,197 
246 
798 
153 
733 
464 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
345,453 
36,483 
262,751 
46,219 
179,272 
166,181 
1 to 24 acres 
4,760 
3,395 
924 
441 
3,136 
1,624 
25 to 99 acres 
9,339 
4,598 
3,199 
1,542 
6,393 
2,946 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,781 
2,105 
5,091 
1,585 
6,085 
2,696 
250 to 499 acres 
6,264 
575 
4,781 
908 
4,275 
1,989 
500 acres or more 
7,511 
358 
6,223 
930 
4,135 
3,376 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2,867 
586 
2,042 
239 
1,538 
1,329 
acres 
171,562 
22,680 
134,868 
14,014 
75,487 
96,075 
tons 
1,795,527 
221,277 
1,430,149 
144,101 
764,618 
1,030,909 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
7 
16 
4 
18 
9 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,037 
74 
885 
78 
563 
474 
1 to 24 acres 
1,264 
326 
831 
107 
757 
507 
25 to 99 acres 
1,152 
220 
833 
99 
603 
549 
1 00 to 249 acres 
343 
32 
286 
25 
139 
204 
250 to 499 acres 
72 
4 
64 
4 
25 
47 
500 acres or more 
36 
4 
28 
4 
14 
22 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
949 
333 
527 
89 
571 
378 
acres 
19,769 
7,372 
10,746 
1,651 
1 1 ,780 
7,989 
bushels 
1,540,579 
550,323 
898,073 
92,183 
922,251 
618,328 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
6 
- 
6 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
6 
■ 
6 
■ 
6 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
749 
268 
411 
70 
453 
296 
25 to 99 acres 
182 
55 
108 
19 
105 
77 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
6 
8 
- 
11 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
4 
- 
- 
2 
2 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
1 
_ 
1 
_ 
1 
_ 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
” 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
283 
83 
169 
31 
178 
105 
acres 
26,494 
6,428 
17,646 
2,420 
13,814 
12,680 
bushels 
1,642,406 
388,789 
1,136,210 
117,407 
820,865 
821,541 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
224 Illinois 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
