DeKalb County, Illinois
DeKalb County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $318 an acre (2025); land and buildings $7,704 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in DeKalb County stands at $318 per acre in 2025, up 14.4 percent from 2014. Corn yields have trended up 3.3 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 190.3 bushels per acre and a worst year of 159.3 in 2012. Heat and drought made up 25 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 12 percent in 2000-2009, 20 percent in 2010-2019, and 32 percent in 2020-2025. Excess moisture and flood remains the largest cause of indemnities overall, at 31 percent, and no cropland in the county is irrigated.
IL median of 2025 surveys $193 · 2nd highest of 10
IL median 190.2 · 41st highest of 82
IL median $2.04 · tied for 46th lowest of 101
IL median 55% · 7th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb County | $318 2025 | — | $7,704 | 190.3 | $1.82 |
| Boone County | $267 | — | $9,226 | 192.2 | $2.42 |
| Kane County | $274 | $238 | $12,276 | 185.6 | $2.85 |
| Kendall County | $297 | — | $11,745 | — | $2.54 |
| LaSalle County | $277 | — | $10,136 | 192.0 | $1.38 |
| Lee County | $283 | $323 | $10,639 | 188.4 | $1.25 |
| McHenry County | $234 | $272 2025 | $8,304 | — | $3.23 |
| Ogle County | $282 | — | $9,818 | 192.3 | $1.33 |
| Median next door | $277 | $281 2 co. | $10,136 | 192.0 | $2.42 |
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. DeKalb 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/dekalb-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.