• 816 farms with average size of 440 acres totaling 359,352 acres.
• Estimated value of land and buildings = $1,694,178 per farm.
• Average value of land per acre = $3,759.
• Estimated value of all machinery and equipment per farm = $146,357.
• Number of farms by size:

  1-9 acres 10-49 50-179 180-499 500-999 1,000 or more

  75 119 128 228 173 93

• Market value of agricultural products sold (2002):

  Crops	$93,072,000
  Livestock	81,468,000
  Total	$174,540,000	($213,897 average per farm)

• Number of farms by value of sales:

  Less than $2,500 2,500 - 4,999 5,000 - 9,999 10,000 - 24,999 25,000 - 49,999 50,000 - 99,999 100,000 or more

  133 25 31 62 73 144 348

• Total farm production expense:   $162,583,000
  ( $199,979 average per farm)
• Net cash returns from ag sales for the farm unit:   $18,226,000 total
  (average of 22,418 for 813 farms)
• Operators by principal occupation:

  farming other

  629 187

• Operator by days worked off farm:

  any days 200 days or more

  468 278

Source: 2002 Census of Agriculture - County Data and Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service, 2007

Farm Financial Situation - 2006

Operators total net farm income (Illinois)	103,303
Grain Farms Hog Farms Dairy Farms Beef Farms	109,569 108,461 57,073 12,243

Selected Factors

DeKalb		Illinois
160,964 130,538 58,031 34,811 1,020 195 56 564	Net farm income Labor & management income Capital purchases Depreciation Tillable acres Corn Yield Soybean Yield Crop return/acre	103,303 72,818 45,659 26,240 1,005 173 52 481

Source: Illinois FBFM Association and the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Top of Page