| Year | Harvested acres |
Yield per acre |
Production | Marketing
year average price per ton 1/ |
Value of production | |
| Total | Per acre harvested |
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| Thousand acres |
Tons | Thousand tons |
Dollars | Thousand dollars |
Dollars | |
| All hay | ||||||
| 1987 | 1,000 | 3.17 | 3,169 | 62.50 | 198,063 | 198.06 |
| 1988 | 1,500 | 2.21 | 3,310 | 99.00 | 327,690 | 218.46 |
| 1989 | 1,100 | 3.21 | 3,526 | 82.50 | 282,744 | 257.04 |
| 1990 | 900 | 3.72 | 3,348 | 70.00 | 233,694 | 259.66 |
| 1991 | 950 | 3.33 | 3,162 | 78.00 | 243,186 | 255.98 |
| 1992 | 1,070 | 3.10 | 3,316 | 82.50 | 266,869 | 249.41 |
| 1993 | 1,250 | 3.28 | 4,106 | 83.50 | 335,316 | 268.25 |
| 1994 | 1,100 | 2.89 | 3,175 | 83.50 | 255,738 | 232.48 |
| 1995 | 1,050 | 3.43 | 3,598 | 82.00 | 287,190 | 273.51 |
| 1996 | 1,000 | 3.040 | 3,040 | 94.00 3/ | 278,320 | 278.32 |
| Alfalfa hay | ||||||
| 1987 | 570 | 3.9 | 2,223 | |||
| 1988 | 950 | 2.5 | 2,375 | |||
| 1989 | 780 | 3.7 | 2,886 | 84.00 | 242,424 | 310.80 |
| 1990 | 660 | 4.2 | 2,772 | 73.50 | 203,742 | 308.70 |
| 1991 | 670 | 3.8 | 2,546 | 81.00 | 206,226 | 307.80 |
| 1992 | 740 | 3.5 | 2,590 | 86.50 | 224,035 | 302.75 |
| 1993 | 790 | 3.8 | 3,002 | 90.00 | 270,180 | 342.00 |
| 1994 | 650 | 3.5 | 2,275 | 86.50 | 196,788 | 302.75 |
| 1995 | 620 | 4.0 | 2,480 | 86.50 | 214,520 | 346.00 |
| 1996 | 600 | 3.6 | 2,160 | 98.50 3/ | 212,760 | 354.60 |
| Other hay 2/ | ||||||
| 1987 | 430 | 2.2 | 946 | |||
| 1988 | 550 | 1.7 | 935 | |||
| 1989 | 320 | 2.0 | 640 | 63.00 | 40,320 | 126.00 |
| 1990 | 240 | 2.4 | 576 | 52.00 | 29,952 | 124.80 |
| 1991 | 280 | 2.2 | 616 | 60.00 | 36,960 | 132.00 |
| 1992 | 330 | 2.2 | 726 | 59.00 | 42,834 | 129.80 |
| 1993 | 460 | 2.4 | 1,104 | 59.00 | 65,136 | 141.60 |
| 1994 | 450 | 2.0 | 900 | 65.50 | 58,950 | 131.00 |
| 1995 | 430 | 2.6 | 1,118 | 65.00 | 72,670 | 169.00 |
| 1996 | 400 | 2.2 | 880 | 74.50 3/ | 65,560 | 163.90 |
| DID YOU KNOW In 1996, Jo Daviess County led all other counties in Illinois in total production of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures. Jo Daviess County produced 208,620 tons of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures on 54,900 acres. Stephenson County ranked second producing 145,600 tons of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures on 36,400 acres. |
| Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service Annual Summary - 1997 |
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