Henderson County, Illinois
Henderson County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $292 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,869 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 199.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Henderson County averages $292 per acre in 2026, up 36.4 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $8,869 per acre in 2022, up 27.4 percent from 2017, or 5 percent a year. Corn yields carry a trend of 3.6 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 199.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 143.8 in 2010. Crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025 total $61.7 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 47 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved 12 percent, 21 percent, 22 percent, 36 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Drought weeks fell to 2 of the possible weeks in 2021-2025, down from 97 of 1357 across 2000-2025.
IL median $254 · tied for 17th highest of 86
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 42nd highest of 91
IL median 190.2 · tied for 17th highest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 40th lowest of 101
IL median 55% · 29th lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson County | $292 | $220 2024 | $8,869 | 199.2 | $1.67 |
| Des Moines County, IA | $253 | $251 2023 | $7,802 | 190.2 | $1.48 |
| Lee County, IA | $242 | — | $7,412 | 173.7 | $2.04 |
| Hancock County | $284 | — | $9,460 | 202.2 | $1.40 |
| McDonough County | $293 | — | $9,948 | 198.1 | $1.22 |
| Mercer County | $273 | — | $9,250 | 192.0 | $1.15 |
| Warren County | $281 | — | $10,349 | — | $0.76 |
| Median next door | $277 | — | $9,355 | 192.0 | $1.31 |
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. Henderson 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/henderson-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.