2025 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Illinois
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Feb/02/2026

Farms Operations


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

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
WHEAT
WHEAT, WINTER780,000700,00088 BU / ACRE61,600,000 BU
WHEAT780,000700,00088 BU / ACRE61,600,000 BU
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE465,0003.48 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS1,616,000 TONS, DRY BASIS
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA25,000280,0003.92 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS1,098,000 TONS, DRY BASIS
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)185,0002.8 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS518,000 TONS, DRY BASIS
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE40,0008.05 TONS / ACRE322,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)10,0005.6 TONS / ACRE56,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA30,0008.85 TONS / ACRE266,000 TONS
HAY
HAY, ALFALFA265,0003.65 TONS / ACRE967,000 TONS
HAY450,0003.24 TONS / ACRE1,457,000 TONS
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)185,0002.65 TONS / ACRE490,000 TONS
CORN
CORN, GRAIN11,000,000214 BU / ACRE2,354,000,000 BU
CORN, SILAGE90,00020 TONS / ACRE1,800,000 TONS
CORN11,200,000
OATS
OATS50,00014,00099 BU / ACRE1,386,000 BU
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS10,300,00010,230,00062.5 BU / ACRE639,375,000 BU
(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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