Farmland Atlas · county record

Champaign County, Illinois

Champaign County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $316 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,187 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17019. Figures as of 2026-10-14.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$316/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · 7th highest of 86
Cash rent, irrigated
$297/ac
2019 county average
too few 2019 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$7,187/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 23% from 2017 while next door rose a median 28% · IL cropland 2026: $10,200 (state survey)
Corn yield, 2019-23 average
210.0 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2023 county yield 218.2 · rent-per-bushel trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.06
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 15th lowest of 101
Farmland rented
68%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 12th highest of 101
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Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$196$316 dry$224$297 irrigated

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$316/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.2%nominal, $265 to $316
Irrigated, 2019$297/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2023)

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$7,187/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,961/ac
Census 2017$9,317/ac
Read with careThe 2022 census value fell 23% from 2017 while the 5 counties next door rose a median 28%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld
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.

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022176.0222.4218.2median 191.3

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

Trend for rent per bushelCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2023 county yield218.2 bu/acall practices
2019-23 average210.0 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2023191.3 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2012: 108.9 bu/ac57% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+3.8 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.344.980.211.00: 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$1.06
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.22claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.50$174.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 35
Worst year2012ratio 4.98
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 58% · price decline (revenue policies) 18% · excess moisture 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025816

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, 2000–202544 of 1,304 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202516 weeks
Last five years, 2020–202525 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.1 °F1991–2020 normal 64.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.24 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Rain so far this year in Illinois, county by county

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20223%
Drained by tile, 202272% of cropland379,293 ac
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland97,971 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland21,451 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021010,6009,182

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

CRP enrolled, 20259,182 ac1.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20292,493 ac27% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$270/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202536.7 MW solar · 0.1 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20225,423−25.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202268%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Champaign County$316$7,187191.3$1.06
Douglas County$313$11,812208.6$0.73
Ford County$294$9,956186.7$1.11
McLean County$326$7,074203.2$0.49
Piatt County$320 2025$12,224214.8$0.58
Vermilion County$267$6,777194.2$1.18
Median next door$304$9,956203.2$0.73

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. Champaign County, Illinois. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/illinois/champaign-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.

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.