County farm facts

Bond County, Illinois

Sales through Oct 31, 2026

Sold for
$7,426/ac
Middle of 20 bare farmland sales of 20+ acres, Nov 2024 to Oct 2026. Middle half $4,972 to $12,682. Two windows: this covers 24 months; the recorded-sales median further down covers the last 12 months, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 17 sales, $7,800 an acre. Every sale behind both.

Newest sales town, not parcel

Rent$249/ac NASS 2026, county average
Nearest bid
Rain

Recorded prices. Not an appraisal. No adjustments. A recorded price is what the state's transfer record says was paid once the sale closed, auction or private; never an asking price.

Sales: Illinois Department of Revenue, MyDec transfer declarations (PTAX-203), farm parcels. Rent: USDA NASS.

Bond County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $249 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,761 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 230.2 bu/ac. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17005. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

$249

Non-irrigated cash rent, 2026: the highest of 17 surveys since 2008; up 46% from $171 in 2016.

USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, 2026

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Bond County runs $249 an acre for 2026, up 45.6% from $171 in 2016. That sits tied for 39th lowest of 86 counties, a bit under the state median of $254. The census value of land and buildings was $7,761 an acre in 2022, up 12.9% from $6,874 in 2017, and 36th lowest of 91. Corn trends at 230.2 bu for 2026, though last year came in at 189.8 bu.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$249/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · tied for 39th lowest of 86
Land and buildings
$7,761/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · IL farm real estate 2026: $9,250 (land and buildings, state survey)
IL median $8,638 · 36th lowest of 91
Rent as % of land value
2.54%
$197 dry rent ÷ $7,761 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
230.2 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 189.8 · 2021-25 average 196.2 (all practices)
IL median 225.2 · 29th highest of 66
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.26
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 28th highest of 101
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 25th lowest of 101
Median sale price, bare land, 20+ acres
$7,800/ac
17 recorded bare farmland sales, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026; sales dated through Oct 31, 2026
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Feeder cattle futures
Live cattle futures
Lean hog futures
Hay, Illinois price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Illinois cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Bond County: Greenville (2 mi), Mulberry Grove (11 mi), Fillmore (17 mi).

Nearby buyers within 50 miles: 2 ethanol plants
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Straight-line miles from the middle of Bond County to each buyer’s town point (the middle of its town, not the gate), rounded. Capacity as published. Where the buyers are, not what they pay. Lists from Renewable Fuels Association, EIA, read Oct 28, 2026.

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Illinois, county by county

Drought, year by year

200020052010201520202025285

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202515 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20128 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–20255 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.01 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September, usual25.0 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 24.3 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 10, Oct 30middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days202middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September3,309middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 3,373

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024164.0206.7189.8median 176.4

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

14-yr trend (projected 2026)230.2 bu/acall practices county yields, 10 years, R² 0.49; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield189.8 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average196.2 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2025176.4 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2012: 33.3 bu/ac19% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.4 bu/ac a year±4.0 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$114$249 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Illinois county rate, side by side: Illinois cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$249/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+45.6%nominal, $171 to $249
Pasture, 2026$46/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.08$249 ÷ 230.2 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 202529.5%$232 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (189.8 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $4.15 Illinois price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,761/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,470/ac
Census 2017$6,874/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.9%+2.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.54%$197 ÷ $7,761; cropland 82% of land in farms
Illinois cropland, 2026 state survey$10,200/ac+3.6% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Illinois farm real estate, 2026$9,250/acland and buildings, state average
Illinois pasture, 2026$4,300/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Illinois average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Recorded farm sales

Sale counts and the median price buyers paid per acre in Bond County, from Illinois PTAX-203 (MyDec) transfer declarations (Illinois Department of Revenue), load here.

What has farmland sold for in Bond County, Illinois?

17 recorded market sales of bare farmland (no buildings by the property class, no forest), 20 or more acres, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026, with a median of $7,800 an acre; the middle half of sales fell between $5,000 and $13,000 an acre. Sales are dated through Oct 31, 2026. These are counted deed records from Illinois PTAX-203 (MyDec) transfer declarations, not a model or an appraisal, and no buyer or seller is named.

Land sales: Recorded sales in Bond County, sale by sale.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Bond County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Bond County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620211.646.221.061.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1996 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$4.26
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.44claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.86$138.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 30crop years 1996–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2012ratio 6.22, of the 30 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 46% · excess moisture 39% · other 5%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

198619911996200120062011201620212512,6786,004

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20256,004 ac4.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20291,796 ac30% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$220/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022under 1%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland3,220 ac
Farmed no-till, 202225% of cropland32,775 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland5,555 ac
Cattle and calves, 20227,752−16.7% since 2017
Milk cows, 2022600head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 20222,435head, Census of Agriculture
Cattle on feed, 20221,063head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 20222,720head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Bond County$249$7,761n/a$4.26
Clinton County$218 2023$9,036163.0$4.90
Fayette County$192$6,973n/a$4.40
Madison County$249$6,940181.9$2.18
Montgomery County$291$8,961190.8$1.58
Median next door$249$7,967181.9$3.29

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Bond County, Illinois. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/illinois/bond-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).