Illinois farmers grow more than 5 million acres of soybeans. That’s enough to fill the state from Interstate 80 north to the Wisconsin border with a couple million acres left over. Check out these interesting facts about one of Illinois' top crops.

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Dan Deering holding in his soybean field
Photo credit: Nathan Lambrecht

Illinois ranks third in the U.S. for contracted acreage of food-grade soybeans, with about 173,000 acres in 2021.

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