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Logan County, Illinois

Logan County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $326 an acre (2026); land and buildings $11,349 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 209.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17107. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Logan County averages $326 per acre in 2026, up 11.3 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $11,349 per acre in 2022, after rising 35.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. Crop insurance history shows $155.5 million paid out over 1989-2025, with heat and drought the largest cause at 36 percent; that share was 40 percent in 1989-1999, 16 percent in 2000-2009, 45 percent in 2010-2019, and 13 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.18, well below the 0.54 ratio across the full 1989-2025 record. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and July nights have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 64.6 F to 65.5 F over 2017-2026.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$326/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · tied for 5th highest of 86
Cash rent, irrigated
$324/ac
2021 county average
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$11,349/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 7th highest of 91
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
209.5 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 216.6
IL median 190.2 · 6th highest of 82
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$0.96
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · tied for 12th lowest of 101
Farmland rented
75%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 2nd highest of 101

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$300$3502010201520202025$210$326 dry$213$324 irrigated

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$326/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+11.3%nominal, $293 to $326
Irrigated, 2021$324/ac
Pasture, 2025$46/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.51$326 ÷ 216.6 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$11,349/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,182/ac
Census 2017$8,380/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.4%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.81%$319 ÷ $11,349; cropland 94% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024188.0236.2234.5median 209.5

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

Median, 2008–2024209.5 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024216.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 96.5 bu/ac46% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+4.0 bu/ac a year±3.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020251.185.800.031.00: 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$0.96
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.18claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.54$155.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 31
Worst year2012ratio 5.80
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 36% · other 26% · area plans 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202514239

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, 2000–202586 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200523 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.5 °F1991–2020 normal 64.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.02 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 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, 202250% of cropland180,203 ac
Farmed no-till, 202225% of cropland88,045 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland5,695 ac
198619911996200120062011201620218212,3808,625

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

CRP enrolled, 20258,625 ac2.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,754 ac32% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$301/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202570 MW solar · 656 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,307−37.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202275%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Logan County$326—$11,349209.5$0.96
De Witt County$301—$11,261—$0.53
Macon County$347—$6,339212.1$0.58
Mason County$257$275$8,722188.3$1.69
McLean County$326—$7,074203.2$0.49
Menard County$288$256 2025$9,257209.3$1.31
Sangamon County$334—$7,261210.9$1.22
Tazewell County$266$268$10,389205.2$0.90
Median next door$301$272 2 co.$8,722207.3$0.90

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. Logan 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/logan-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.