Ford County, Illinois
Ford County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $294 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,956 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 186.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17053. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Ford County averages $294 per acre for 2026, up 23.5 percent from 2016. The census puts land and buildings value at $9,956 per acre in 2022, with that value rising 28.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.1 percent a year. Rent as a share of that census value is 2.64 percent. Corn yield trend runs 4.9 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2023, with a median of 186.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 63.9 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025 total $157.6 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 61 percent, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 sits at 0.19. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, all from groundwater.
IL median $254 · 14th highest of 86
IL median $8,638 · 24th highest of 91
IL median 190.2 · 34th lowest of 82
IL median $2.04 · tied for 18th lowest of 101
IL median 55% · 15th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford County | $294 | — | $9,956 | 186.7 | $1.11 |
| Champaign County | $316 | — | $7,187 | 191.3 | $1.06 |
| Iroquois County | — | — | $8,638 | 186.2 | $1.54 |
| Kankakee County | $250 | $290 | $6,734 | 174.3 | $2.24 |
| Livingston County | $278 2023 | — | $10,108 | 197.2 | $1.21 |
| McLean County | $326 | — | $7,074 | 203.2 | $0.49 |
| Vermilion County | $267 | — | $6,777 | 194.2 | $1.18 |
| Median next door | $292 | $290 1 co. | $7,131 | 192.8 | $1.20 |
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. Ford 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/ford-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.