Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
crepping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
Illinois 
- 
35 
144 
4,366 
778 
1,551 
262 
196 
338 
Counties 
Adams 
_ 
2 
_ 
159 
10 
31 
3 
6 
4 
Alexander 
- 
1 
- 
12 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Bond 
- 
- 
1 
44 
8 
22 
3 
1 
6 
Boone 
- 
- 
4 
25 
8 
22 
3 
2 
6 
Brown 
- 
- 
- 
25 
- 
5 
- 
2 
1 
Bureau 
- 
- 
1 
38 
6 
16 
2 
2 
3 
Calhoun 
- 
- 
1 
26 
8 
6 
1 
2 
10 
Carroll 
- 
- 
2 
46 
7 
21 
- 
5 
6 
Cass 
- 
- 
- 
21 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Champaign 
- 
- 
4 
36 
21 
20 
8 
1 
3 
Christian 
_ 
_ 
_ 
25 
_ 
10 
2 
4 
_ 
Clark 
- 
3 
- 
36 
3 
12 
- 
6 
- 
Clay 
- 
- 
- 
47 
2 
14 
- 
2 
- 
Clinton 
- 
- 
- 
34 
10 
10 
- 
3 
- 
Coles 
- 
2 
- 
41 
4 
13 
6 
- 
- 
Cook 
- 
- 
- 
4 
10 
13 
- 
- 
6 
Crawford 
- 
- 
- 
35 
3 
13 
4 
- 
1 
Cumberland 
- 
- 
1 
24 
1 
13 
- 
8 
2 
De Kalb 
- 
- 
2 
32 
11 
27 
2 
- 
5 
De Witt 
- 
- 
- 
26 
6 
17 
- 
3 
- 
Douglas 
- 
- 
- 
47 
16 
6 
- 
3 
10 
Du Page 
- 
2 
- 
1 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Edgar 
- 
- 
1 
21 
4 
7 
2 
- 
1 
Edwards 
- 
- 
- 
16 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Effingham 
- 
- 
6 
57 
2 
20 
4 
7 
1 
Fayette 
- 
1 
- 
54 
16 
33 
1 
1 
13 
Ford 
- 
- 
- 
15 
3 
4 
1 
- 
- 
Franklin 
- 
- 
1 
44 
8 
12 
4 
3 
- 
Fulton 
- 
2 
4 
82 
4 
27 
4 
5 
1 
Gallatin 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Greene 
_ 
_ 
1 
54 
3 
8 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Grundy 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Flamilton 
- 
- 
2 
23 
4 
7 
2 
3 
- 
Flancock 
- 
- 
- 
106 
9 
25 
1 
9 
- 
Hardin 
- 
- 
- 
12 
1 
8 
- 
- 
1 
Henderson 
- 
1 
3 
39 
2 
8 
1 
- 
2 
Henry 
- 
2 
2 
61 
8 
27 
- 
- 
4 
Iroquois 
- 
- 
- 
43 
9 
21 
5 
5 
4 
Jackson 
- 
1 
- 
72 
23 
21 
2 
- 
15 
Jasper 
- 
1 
1 
26 
4 
9 
1 
3 
1 
Jefferson 
_ 
_ 
_ 
75 
4 
19 
_ 
1 
2 
Jersey 
- 
- 
2 
32 
5 
10 
- 
2 
1 
Jo Daviess 
- 
- 
2 
108 
12 
23 
5 
12 
6 
Johnson 
- 
- 
5 
70 
2 
21 
2 
1 
2 
Kane 
- 
- 
- 
45 
23 
20 
9 
- 
6 
Kankakee 
- 
- 
5 
37 
20 
30 
4 
- 
9 
Kendall 
- 
- 
2 
13 
11 
15 
3 
- 
5 
Knox 
- 
1 
2 
82 
7 
15 
3 
- 
2 
Lake 
- 
- 
2 
39 
19 
20 
16 
- 
13 
La Salle 
- 
2 
6 
69 
26 
38 
5 
2 
10 
Lawrence 
_ 
_ 
1 
10 
4 
6 
1 
2 
2 
Lee 
- 
- 
- 
29 
5 
18 
1 
- 
- 
Livingston 
- 
- 
2 
41 
21 
33 
8 
3 
6 
Logan 
- 
1 
3 
26 
11 
16 
3 
1 
5 
McDonough 
- 
- 
3 
67 
2 
18 
7 
- 
- 
McHenry 
- 
2 
5 
68 
39 
54 
24 
8 
18 
McLean 
- 
1 
- 
62 
12 
28 
10 
1 
8 
Macon 
- 
- 
1 
28 
10 
8 
1 
- 
2 
Macoupin 
- 
- 
5 
72 
12 
22 
4 
1 
8 
Madison 
- 
- 
2 
87 
28 
35 
10 
1 
12 
Marion 
_ 
_ 
4 
43 
3 
28 
8 
1 
6 
Marshall 
- 
- 
- 
21 
1 
9 
2 
- 
1 
Mason 
- 
- 
3 
15 
3 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Massac 
- 
1 
1 
34 
1 
9 
1 
1 
2 
Menard 
- 
- 
- 
29 
1 
11 
- 
1 
2 
Mercer 
- 
- 
- 
36 
4 
6 
3 
8 
2 
Monroe 
- 
- 
2 
38 
10 
20 
- 
- 
2 
Montgomery 
- 
2 
2 
62 
6 
21 
3 
2 
4 
Morgan 
- 
- 
1 
51 
1 
15 
- 
4 
2 
Moultrie 
- 
2 
1 
50 
14 
17 
2 
2 
6 
Ogle 
- 
- 
4 
93 
4 
36 
4 
6 
3 
Peoria 
- 
- 
5 
75 
6 
22 
1 
6 
3 
Perry 
- 
- 
- 
45 
1 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Piatt 
- 
- 
- 
21 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Pike 
- 
- 
4 
55 
11 
7 
3 
1 
- 
Pope 
- 
- 
1 
27 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Pulaski 
- 
- 
- 
12 
2 
3 
- 
1 
- 
Putnam 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
1 
1 
- 
2 
Randolph 
- 
- 
- 
68 
2 
9 
- 
4 
2 
Richland 
- 
2 
1 
15 
7 
7 
2 
- 
3 
Rock Island 
_ 
_ 
_ 
77 
9 
14 
3 
3 
3 
St. Clair 
- 
1 
3 
42 
16 
7 
- 
- 
6 
--continued 
614 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
