Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Illinois 
Adams 
Alexander 
Bond 
Boone 
Brown 
Bureau 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,155 
969 
97 
453 
382 
227 
808 
acres 
22,373,010 
270,122 
48,458 
167,525 
124,628 
70,704 
390,019 
Irrigated 
farms 
2,583 
29 
9 
10 
24 
3 
54 
acres 
521,459 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
928 
353 
10,601 
Barley for grain 
farms 
64 
1 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
acres 
1,518 
(D) 
- 
- 
46 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
79,199 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,400 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
" 
■ 
(D) 
" 
" 
1 to 24 acres 
48 
1 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
36,655 
631 
36 
275 
248 
152 
709 
acres 
12,263,259 
145,112 
1 1 ,833 
76,036 
76,244 
38,111 
270,914 
bushels 
1 ,253,283,049 
10,513,584 
1,147,934 
1,975,813 
8,829,946 
2,957,894 
38,283,552 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,197 
14 
8 
- 
2 
3 
40 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
345,453 
1,777 
2,836 
■ 
(D) 
275 
9,260 
1 to 24 acres 
4,760 
110 
5 
61 
58 
28 
64 
25 to 99 acres 
9,339 
182 
8 
73 
49 
44 
168 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,781 
180 
5 
59 
56 
39 
183 
250 to 499 acres 
6,264 
79 
6 
34 
45 
19 
119 
500 to 999 acres 
4,750 
46 
12 
24 
30 
14 
114 
1 ,000 acres or more 
2,761 
34 
- 
24 
10 
8 
61 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2,867 
89 
- 
47 
29 
20 
22 
acres 
171,562 
3,248 
- 
2,124 
2,155 
659 
733 
tons 
1,795,527 
30,434 
- 
17,830 
19,468 
6,127 
13,624 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,037 
(D) 
" 
“ 
“ 
" 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
1,264 
45 
- 
21 
12 
8 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
1,152 
38 
- 
20 
9 
12 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
343 
6 
- 
6 
6 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
72 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
17,947 
460 
51 
183 
163 
Ill 
161 
acres 
514,024 
14,782 
2,308 
4,334 
3,908 
3,556 
3,597 
tons, dry equivalent 
1 ,358,993 
36,523 
3,957 
14,138 
10,657 
9,310 
1 1 ,400 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,729 
(D) 
■ 
" 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
1 1 ,684 
285 
25 
134 
118 
62 
122 
25 to 99 acres 
5,337 
141 
20 
43 
37 
41 
34 
1 00 to 249 acres 
808 
31 
6 
6 
7 
8 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
100 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
949 
12 
_ 
3 
5 
2 
12 
acres 
19,769 
211 
- 
60 
106 
(D) 
256 
bushels 
1,540,579 
16,594 
- 
3,800 
5,910 
(D) 
12,271 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
6 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
749 
9 
- 
2 
3 
2 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
182 
3 
- 
1 
2 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
1 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
“ 
■ 
" 
■ 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
283 
1 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
26,494 
(D) 
(D) 
290 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
1,642,406 
(D) 
(D) 
19,608 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
390 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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