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Marion County, Illinois

Marion County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $172 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,108 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 153.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$172/ac

2026 county average
IL median $254 · tied for 13th lowest of 86

Land and buildings

$6,108/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 21st lowest of 91

Rent as % of land value

2.8%

$171 dry rent ÷ $6,108 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

153.8 bu/ac

recent level 2021–2025: 178.4
IL median 190.2 · 7th lowest of 82

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$5.60

2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 23rd highest of 101

Farmland rented

43%

2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 18th lowest of 101

Cash rent

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$172/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+15.4%nominal, $149 to $172

Pasture, 2026$57/ac

Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.96$172 ÷ 178.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,108/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$4,201/ac

Census 2017$4,885/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+25.0%+4.6% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.8%$171 ÷ $6,108; cropland 81% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2025153.8 bu/ac18 published years

Recent level, 2021–2025178.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2012: 19.0 bu/ac12% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+3.3 bu/ac a year±3.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

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$5.60

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.57claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.92$148.7 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium6 of 27

Worst year2012ratio 8.36

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 50% · excess moisture 39% · price decline (revenue policies) 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202525 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks20128 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.7 °F1991–2020 normal 66.6 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.28 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September25.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland2,113 ac

Farmed no-till, 202224% of cropland47,100 ac

Cover crops, 20223% of cropland5,623 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202513,190 ac6.8% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20283,268 ac25% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$164/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 20253 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 20228,306−23.3% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202243%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Marion County	$172	$6,108	153.8	$5.60
Clay County	$197 2025	$6,235	154.2	$5.07
Clinton County	$218 2023	$9,036	163.0	$4.90
Fayette County	$192	$6,973	—	$4.40
Jefferson County	$136	$4,940	139.0	$6.46
Washington County	$190	$8,068	163.0	$4.12
Wayne County	$176	$5,608	—	$7.82
Median next door	$183	$6,604	158.6	$4.99

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. Marion 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/marion-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.

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