Agriculture raked in $17 billion in 2017, making it Illinois’ top industry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released results of its 2017 census of every farm in the country. That includes the 72,651 farms in Illinois, which generated $17 billion in revenue that year, a $3 billion increase from 2012, the last time the once-every-five-years census was conducted.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

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