Last month, we looked at characteristics of higher profit farms using a twenty-year average and different regions of the state (see farmdoc daily, June 22, 2026). Using data from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) Association from 2001 through 2025, we will look at three different three-year medians that have varying levels of income to analyze selected differences between the highest profit grain farms (high one-third) and the lowest profit grain farms (low one-third). The farms…