Massac County, Illinois
Massac County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $121 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,582 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 163.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17127. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Massac County runs $121 per acre in 2025, down 18.2 percent since 2014. Land value, by the operators' own estimate, stands at $4,582 per acre, up 18.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 1.8 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 163.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 126 in 2010. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities at 57 percent, while heat and drought's share moved 39 percent, 32 percent, 42 percent, then 17 percent across the listed periods. July nights have warmed from a 68.7 F normal to a 70 F average since 2017, though the longer trend since 1976 shows no clear direction.
IL median of 2025 surveys $193 · 2nd lowest of 10
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 3rd lowest of 91
IL median $2.04 · 11th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 15th 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.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massac County | $121 2025 | $203 2024 | $4,582 | — | $7.58 |
| Johnson County | $129 2025 | — | $4,327 | — | $13.45 |
| Pope County | $92 2025 | — | $4,224 | — | $10.13 |
| Pulaski County | $152 | $196 2025 | $5,494 | 169.9 | $5.63 |
| Livingston County, KY | $168 | — | $4,592 | — | $9.53 |
| McCracken County, KY | $140 | — | $5,673 | — | $6.35 |
| Median next door | $152 | — | $4,592 | 169.9 1 co. | $9.53 |
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. Massac 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/massac-countyEvery 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.