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72,200
Number of farms |
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370 acres
Average size of an Illinois farm |
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26,700,000 acres
Land in Illinois farms |
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7,600
Miles a train of box cars stretches, when filled with Illinois' yearly corn output (from Illinois to Hong Kong) |
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1st
Illinois leads the US in the production of pumpkins and horseradish |
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156
Number of people each Illinois farmer feeds |
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11,300,000 acres
Corn acres in 2017, -2.59% vs. 2016
197 bu/acre
Corn yield in 2016, +22.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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10,200,000 acres
Soybean acres in 2017, +0.99% vs. 2016
59 bu/acre
Soybean yield in 2016, +3.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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480,000 acres
Winter Wheat acres in 2017, -7.69% vs. 2016
74 bu/acre
Wheat yield in 2016, +9.2 bu/acre vs. 2015 |