Boone County, Illinois
Boone County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $267 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,226 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 192.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17007. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Boone County stands at $267 per acre for 2026, up 7.7 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $9,226 per acre, with that rent equal to 2.85 percent of value. Corn yield trend runs 2.9 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 192.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 148 in 2009. Heat and drought accounts for 40 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, with its share moving 35 percent, 26 percent, 49 percent, and 28 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 94 of 1357 since 2000, with 21 of those coming in 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, drawn entirely from groundwater as of 2015.
IL median $254 · tied for 36th highest of 86
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 35th highest of 91
IL median 190.2 · 33rd highest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 43rd highest of 101
IL median 55% · 10th highest of 101
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County | $267 | — | $9,226 | 192.2 | $2.42 |
| DeKalb County | $318 2025 | — | $7,704 | 190.3 | $1.82 |
| McHenry County | $234 | $272 2025 | $8,304 | — | $3.23 |
| Winnebago County | $264 | — | $8,082 | 187.6 | $2.86 |
| Rock County, WI | $223 | $257 2025 | $8,459 | 185.3 | $1.95 |
| Walworth County, WI | $236 | $230 2024 | $8,759 | 179.8 | $2.24 |
| Median next door | $235 | — | $8,304 | 186.5 | $2.24 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Boone County, Illinois. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/illinois/boone-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. 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.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over 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. 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 dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.