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Carroll County, Illinois

Carroll County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $290 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,704 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 204.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Carroll County stands at $290 per acre in 2026, up 15.1 percent from 2016, against a 2022 land value of $9,704 per acre. The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 is 63.9 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 62.4 F, and no July since 1900 has averaged at or above 70 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$290/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · 21st highest of 86
Cash rent, irrigated
$356/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$9,704/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 29th highest of 91
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
204.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 232.3
IL median 190.2 · 12th highest of 82
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.07
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 16th lowest of 101
Farmland rented
49%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 33rd lowest of 101

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$300$3502010201520202025$196$290 dry$282$356 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$290/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+15.1%nominal, $252 to $290
Irrigated, 2025$356/ac
Pasture, 2026$79/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.25$290 ÷ 232.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,704/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,838/ac
Census 2017$8,039/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.7%+3.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.94%$285 ÷ $9,704; cropland 87% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024185.0239.2239.2median 204.6

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

Median, 2008–2025204.6 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025232.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 157.9 bu/ac77% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.3 bu/ac a year±1.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.751.530.241.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$1.07
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.23claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.39$56.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium2 of 23
Worst year2012ratio 1.53
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 29% · price decline (revenue policies) 28% · area plans 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202502710

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, 2000–202593 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200527 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.9 °F1991–2020 normal 62.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 202226% of cropland58,978 ac
Farmed no-till, 202228% of cropland63,308 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland13,998 ac
198619911996200120062011201620219010,46710,277

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,277 ac4.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,179 ac31% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$258/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202222,052−29.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202249%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Carroll County$290$356 2025$9,704204.6$1.07
Clinton County, IA$304—$9,600196.6$1.71
Jackson County, IA$275—$8,284189.2$2.08
Jo Daviess County$255—$7,940190.1$2.54
Ogle County$282—$9,818192.3$1.33
Stephenson County$251 2025—$9,230199.2$1.30
Whiteside County$270$303$8,976188.8$1.88
Median next door$275$303 1 co.$9,103191.2$1.80

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. Carroll 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/carroll-county
Every 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.