Farmland Atlas · county record

Henry County, Illinois

Henry County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $272 an acre (2023); land and buildings $10,039 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17073. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$272/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$223/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$10,039/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 22nd highest of 91
Corn yield, 2019-23 average
211.3 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2023 county yield 223.5 · trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.82
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · tied for 46th lowest of 101
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 49th highest of 101
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Non-irrigated cash rent in Henry County averaged $272 per acre in 2023, up 10.6 percent from 2013. The census value of land and buildings was $10,039 per acre in 2022, up 27 percent from 2017, or 4.9 percent a year. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 3.8 bushels per acre a year over published years 2008-2023, with a median of 193.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 140 in 2012. Heat and drought caused 39 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, with the share rising to 43 percent in 2010-2019 before falling to 29 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and wind capacity operating in the county totals 508.5 MW against 4.9 MW of solar.

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Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250201020152020$175$272 dry$216$223 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, 2023$272/ac
Change 2013 to 2023+10.6%nominal, $246 to $272
Irrigated, 2020$223/ac
Pasture, 2026$52/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 15-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$10,039/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,831/ac
Census 2017$7,902/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+27.0%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.62%$263 ÷ $10,039; cropland 92% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022184.0231.9223.5median 193.7

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

15-yr trendCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2023 county yield223.5 bu/acall practices
2019-23 average211.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2023193.7 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2012: 140.0 bu/ac72% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+3.8 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.612.550.211.00: 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$1.82
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.33claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.51$165.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 37
Worst year2012ratio 2.55
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 39% · excess moisture 28% · price decline (revenue policies) 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252270

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, 2000–202585 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200527 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.7 °F1991–2020 normal 63.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.16 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 202255% of cropland228,030 ac
Farmed no-till, 202242% of cropland173,300 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland11,205 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202114917,96412,409

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,409 ac3.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–20292,142 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$238/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20254.9 MW solar · 508.5 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202215,392−25.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Henry County$272 2023n/a$10,039193.7$1.82
Bureau County$301$310$10,199199.2$1.96
Knox County$296n/a$8,642202.7$0.96
Mercer County$273n/a$9,250192.0$1.15
Rock Island County$228n/a$9,125198.3$1.56
Stark County$292n/a$9,973211.1$0.99
Whiteside County$270$303$8,976188.8$1.88
Median next door$283$307 2 co.$9,188198.8$1.36

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. Henry County, Illinois. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/illinois/henry-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.