2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Illinois
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/05/2026

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation375
Farm Operations - Number of Operations69,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated26,100,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )324,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )76,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )980,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )220,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )23,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )9,100
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2026 )55,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2025 )5,450,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head21,882
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb1,663,000,000
County outlines for ILLINOIS

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
CORN
CORN, GRAIN11,000,000214 BU / ACRE2,354,000,000 BU4.15 $ / BU9,769,100,000
CORN, SILAGE90,00020 TONS / ACRE1,800,000 TONS
CORN11,200,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS10,300,00010,230,00062.5 BU / ACRE639,375,000 BU10.5 $ / BU6,713,438,000
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER780,000700,00088 BU / ACRE61,600,000 BU5.05 $ / BU311,080,000
WHEAT780,000700,00088 BU / ACRE61,600,000 BU5.05 $ / BU311,080,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE465,0003.48 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS1,616,000 TONS, DRY BASIS230,008,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA25,000280,0003.92 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS1,098,000 TONS, DRY BASIS174,582,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)185,0002.8 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS518,000 TONS, DRY BASIS55,426,000
HAY
HAY450,0003.24 TONS / ACRE1,457,000 TONS141 $ / TON206,183,000
HAY, ALFALFA265,0003.65 TONS / ACRE967,000 TONS159 $ / TON153,753,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)185,0002.65 TONS / ACRE490,000 TONS107 $ / TON52,430,000
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS15,00014,800360 CWT / ACRE5,328,000 CWT4.84 $ / CWT25,512,000
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET22.3 $ / CWT14,495,000
PUMPKINS, PROCESSING47.7 $ / TON11,017,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED5,269,400 CWT
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN10,2009,900150 CWT / ACRE1,485,000 CWT8.67 $ / CWT12,856,000
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET30.5 $ / CWT7,338,000
SWEET CORN, PROCESSING88.9 $ / TON5,518,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED1,482,000 CWT
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP9,0008,90092 CWT / ACRE818,800 CWT8.5 $ / CWT6,950,000
BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING135 $ / TON5,466,000
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET181 $ / CWT1,484,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED818,000 CWT
OATS
OATS50,00014,00099 BU / ACRE1,386,000 BU3.85 $ / BU5,336,000
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA30,0008.85 TONS / ACRE266,000 TONS
HAYLAGE40,0008.05 TONS / ACRE322,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)10,0005.6 TONS / ACRE56,000 TONS
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit


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