McDonough County, Illinois
McDonough County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $293 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,948 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 198.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17109. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 is $293 per acre, up 8.1 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 was $9,948 per acre, after a rise of 35.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 6.3 percent a year. Corn yield trend from 2008-2023 runs 3.5 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 198.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 139 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 at 33 percent, and its share by period was 12 percent in 1989-1999, 26 percent in 2000-2009, 37 percent in 2010-2019, and 26 percent in 2020-2025. The county recorded 16 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 91 weeks total from 2000-2025.
IL median $254 · tied for 15th highest of 86
IL median $8,638 · 25th highest of 91
IL median 190.2 · tied for 24th highest of 82
IL median $2.04 · tied for 24th lowest of 101
IL median 55% · 39th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonough County | $293 | — | $9,948 | 198.1 | $1.22 |
| Fulton County | $263 | — | $6,836 | 193.1 | $1.78 |
| Hancock County | $284 | — | $9,460 | 202.2 | $1.40 |
| Henderson County | $292 | $220 2024 | $8,869 | 199.2 | $1.67 |
| Schuyler County | $249 | — | $6,519 | 182.4 | $2.63 |
| Warren County | $281 | — | $10,349 | — | $0.76 |
| Median next door | $281 | — | $8,869 | 196.2 | $1.67 |
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. McDonough 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/mcdonough-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.