Farmland Atlas · county record

Jackson County, Illinois

Jackson County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $172 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,094 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 15-yr trend 188.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17077. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$172/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · tied for 13th lowest of 86
Land and buildings
$5,094/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 8th lowest of 91
Rent as % of land value
3.02%
$154 dry rent ÷ $5,094 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 15-yr trend (projected 2026)
188.6 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 141.7 · 2021-25 average 173.8 (all practices)
IL median 225.2 · 9th lowest of 66
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.88
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 17th highest of 101
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 22nd lowest of 101
Open on the map Compare Printable sheet Illinois cash rent by county ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027

Non-irrigated cash rent in Jackson County, IL is $172 per acre in 2026, up 27.4 percent from 2016, while census land value fell 5.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, putting the rent-to-value ratio at 3.02 percent.

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Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$92$172 dry

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, 2026$172/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+27.4%nominal, $135 to $172
Pasture, 2024$51/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.91$172 ÷ 188.6 bu, 15-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 202527.7%$163 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (141.7 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $4.15 Illinois price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

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$5,094/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,938/ac
Census 2017$5,386/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−5.4%−1.1% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.02%$154 ÷ $5,094; cropland 83% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024148.0194.2141.7median 162.2

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

15-yr trend (projected 2026)188.6 bu/acall practices county yields, 13 years, R² 0.24; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield141.7 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average173.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2025162.2 bu/ac17 published years
Lowest published year2012: 37.7 bu/ac23% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.2 bu/ac a year±3.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.244.031.411.00: 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$5.88
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.51claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.74$81.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 22
Worst year2012ratio 4.03
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 49% · heat and drought 38% · other 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250131

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, 2000–202535 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201213 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.0 °F1991–2020 normal 67.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.54 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland7,057 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland97,725 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland14,445 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202157414,2345,193

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,193 ac2.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029364 ac7% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$171/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20229,455−22.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Jackson County$172$5,094162.2$5.88
Franklin County$126$5,677152.4$8.36
Perry County$172$6,023142.0$5.72
Randolph County$166$7,679144.4$4.96
Union County$87$5,116n/a$12.50
Williamson County$101$4,701153.2$11.52
Perry County, MO$116$4,388154.0$5.22
Median next door$121$5,397152.4$7.04

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. Jackson 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/jackson-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.