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70,900
Number of farms |
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381 acres
Average size of an Illinois farm |
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27,000,000 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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10,700,000 acres
Corn acres intended in 2022, -3% vs 2021
202 bu/acre
Corn yield in 2021, +10.0 bu/acre vs. 2020 |
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11,000,000 acres
Soybean acres intended in 2022, +4% vs 2021
64 bu/acre
Soybean yield in 2021, +5.0 bu/acre vs. 2020 |
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730,000 acres
Wheat acres intended in 2022, +9% vs 2021
79 bu/acre
Wheat yield in 2021, +5.0 bu/acre vs. 2020 |
Last 60 Days Percent of Normal Precipitation, Valid on July 21, 2022
