Farmland Atlas · county record

Marshall County, Illinois

Marshall County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $293 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,448 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 202.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Marshall County runs $293 per acre in 2026, up 26.8 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 stood at $10,448 per acre, up 29.4 percent from 2017, or 5.3 percent a year. Corn yield trend over 2008-2025 is 3.9 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 202.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 123.9 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $66.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 52 percent; that share was 46 percent in 1989-1999, 43 percent in 2000-2009, 60 percent in 2010-2019, and 21 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and drought weeks fell from 28 in 2005 to 13 over 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$293/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · tied for 15th highest of 86
Cash rent, irrigated
$239/ac
2013 county average
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$10,448/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 12th highest of 91
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
202.2 bu/ac
16 published years
IL median 190.2 · tied for 15th highest of 82
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.11
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · tied for 18th lowest of 101
Farmland rented
64%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 22nd highest of 101

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$181$293 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$293/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.8%nominal, $231 to $293
Irrigated, 2013$239/ac
Pasture, 2025$68/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$10,448/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,924/ac
Census 2017$8,075/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+29.4%+5.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.48%$259 ÷ $10,448; cropland 90% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024197.0239.9median 202.2

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

Median, 2008–2025202.2 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2012: 123.9 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.9 bu/ac a year±2.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920240.314.180.101.00: 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$1.11
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.22claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.47$66.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium2 of 27
Worst year2012ratio 4.18
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · price decline (revenue policies) 17% · excess moisture 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253288

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, 2000–202591 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200528 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202513 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.8 °F1991–2020 normal 63.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.18 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% 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, 20222%
Drained by tile, 202264% of cropland118,601 ac
Farmed no-till, 202216% of cropland30,459 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland9,891 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021213,8143,764

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,764 ac2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,484 ac39% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$255/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202553.4 MW solar · 93 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,450−42.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202264%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Marshall County$293—$10,448202.2$1.11
Bureau County$301$310$10,199199.2$1.96
LaSalle County$277—$10,136192.0$1.38
Peoria County$253—$7,216210.8$1.33
Putnam County$246—$9,797195.3$2.03
Stark County$292—$9,973211.1$0.99
Woodford County$290 2025—$10,987206.0$1.08
Median next door$277$310 1 co.$10,055202.6$1.36

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. Marshall 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/marshall-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.