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Jasper County, Illinois

Jasper County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $195 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,477 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Jasper County averages $195 per acre in 2026, up 29.1 percent from 2016. The corn yield trend runs 4.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 169.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 28.9 in 2012. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 0.29, well below the full-period 0.73. Census land value reached $7,477 per acre in 2022, up 32.7 percent from 2017. Solar operating capacity is 0 MW, with 51.8 MW proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$195/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · 20th lowest of 86
Land and buildings
$7,477/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 31st lowest of 91
Rent as % of land value
2.49%
$186 dry rent ÷ $7,477 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
169.7 bu/ac
16 published years
IL median 190.2 · 17th lowest of 82
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.47
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 42nd highest of 101
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 45th lowest of 101

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$120$195 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, 2026$195/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+29.1%nominal, $151 to $195
Pasture, 2025$38/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,477/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,066/ac
Census 2017$5,634/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+32.7%+5.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.49%$186 ÷ $7,477; cropland 87% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024160.0205.7185.0median 169.7

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

Median, 2008–2025169.7 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2012: 28.9 bu/ac17% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.2 bu/ac a year±3.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.269.750.811.00: 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$2.47
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.29claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.73$117.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 26
Worst year2012ratio 9.75
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 56% · excess moisture 35% · price decline (revenue policies) 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250120

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, 2000–202523 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201212 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.9 °F1991–2020 normal 66.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland4,168 ac
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland46,650 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland5,232 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212213,98713,652

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

CRP enrolled, 202513,652 ac6.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,409 ac25% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$180/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202210,910−1.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Jasper County$195—$7,477169.7$2.47
Clark County$248—$7,770198.1$1.60
Clay County$197 2025—$6,235154.2$5.07
Crawford County$200$227$6,710172.5$2.94
Cumberland County$211—$8,894171.6$1.76
Effingham County$199—$7,723179.9$2.24
Richland County$196—$6,859147.7$3.56
Median next door$200$227 1 co.$7,291172.1$2.59

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Jasper 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/jasper-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.
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"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.