Hardin County, Illinois
Hardin County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $100 an acre (2020); land and buildings $4,632 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17069. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 4th lowest of 91
IL median $2.04 · highest of 101
IL median 55% · lowest of 101
Hardin County ground is in the Conservation Reserve Program at a high rate. CRP covers 25.5 percent of the cropland base, with 349 acres expiring in fiscal years 2027-2029. Non-irrigated cash rent was $100 per acre in 2020 and rose 20.5 percent from 2009 to 2020. The county has taken crop insurance indemnities of $11.1 million from 1989 to 2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 54 percent. Heat and drought claims rose from 23 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999 to 46 percent in 2010-2019, then fell to 25 percent in 2020-2025.
Cash rent
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.
Land value
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
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.
Rain so far this year in Illinois, county by county
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin County | n/a | n/a | $4,632 | n/a | $14.84 |
| Gallatin County | $155 | $188 2025 | $5,746 | 167.5 | $6.43 |
| Pope County | $92 2025 | n/a | $4,224 | n/a | $10.13 |
| Saline County | $150 | n/a | $4,910 | 170.3 | $5.68 |
| Crittenden County, KY | $168 | n/a | $3,369 | 160.5 | $7.12 |
| Livingston County, KY | $168 | n/a | $4,592 | n/a | $9.53 |
| Union County, KY | $259 | n/a | $6,523 | 183.9 | $3.13 |
| Median next door | $168 | n/a | $4,751 | 168.9 | $6.78 |
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. Hardin 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/hardin-countyEvery 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.