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Iroquois County, Illinois

Iroquois County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $205 an acre (2022); land and buildings $8,638 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 186.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Iroquois County reached $205 per acre in 2022, up 20.6 percent from 2012, against a census land value of $8,638 per acre. July nightly lows show no clear direction since 1976, and no July since 1900 has averaged at or above 70 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$205/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$8,638/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 46th lowest of 91
Rent as % of land value
2.37%
$205 dry rent ÷ $8,638 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
186.2 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 206.8
IL median 190.2 · 33rd lowest of 82
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.54
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 36th lowest of 101
Farmland rented
60%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 36th highest of 101

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250201020152020$165$205 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2022$205/ac
Change 2012 to 2022+20.6%nominal, $170 to $205
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.99$205 ÷ 206.8 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,638/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,801/ac
Census 2017$7,348/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+17.6%+3.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.37%$205 ÷ $8,638; cropland 95% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024175.0216.5213.8median 186.2

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

Median, 2008–2024186.2 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024206.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 105.7 bu/ac57% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+3.8 bu/ac a year±2.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.086.470.041.00: 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$1.54
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.25claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.63$320.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 37
Worst year1991ratio 6.47
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 40% · excess moisture 32% · price decline (revenue policies) 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025673

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, 2000–202524 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20127 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.0 °F1991–2020 normal 63.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.09 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202272% of cropland456,207 ac
Farmed no-till, 202227% of cropland173,438 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland30,595 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213121,35320,777

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

CRP enrolled, 202520,777 ac3.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202810,460 ac50% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$252/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20252 MW solar · 300.8 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202214,276−11.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202260%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Iroquois County——$8,638186.2$1.54
Ford County$294—$9,956186.7$1.11
Kankakee County$250$290$6,734174.3$2.24
Vermilion County$267—$6,777194.2$1.18
Benton County, IN$300—$10,011194.6$0.49
Newton County, IN$235—$8,765185.1$1.32
Median next door$267$290 1 co.$8,765186.7$1.18

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. Iroquois 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/iroquois-county
Every 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.