Did You Know?

Illinois producers lead the nation…

• 27 Million acres or 80% of Illinois land is in farmland
  
• $7.7 Billion in cash receipts is produced on 73,000 Illinois farms
  
• Illinois ranks #1 soybean, pumpkin, and ethanol production
     #2 corn, #4 hogs, #9 peaches, #11 cheese #12 wheat
  
• $6.6 Billion was purchased by Illinois farmers on production expenses including fertilizer, feed, fuel, labor, and ….interest
  
• Majority of farm sales are from the 27 thousand farms that
  
• produce $50 thousand to $500 thousand in sales
  
• 7,200 Illinois farms have been in the same family for 100+ years

Illinois agricultural industries lead the nation…

• Leading in soybean processing, meat packing, dairy manufacturing, feed milling, vegetable processing, machinery manufacturing, and foreign exports.
  
• Illinois Agriculture provides 1.8 million jobs or 24% of the total 7.4 million Illinois jobs