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Richland County, Illinois

Richland County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $196 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,859 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 147.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17159. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Richland County, IL sits at $196 per acre in 2026, up 28.9 percent from 2016, against a census land value of $6,859 per acre.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$196/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · 21st lowest of 86
Land and buildings
$6,859/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 27th lowest of 91
Rent as % of land value
2.65%
$182 dry rent ÷ $6,859 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
147.7 bu/ac
15 published years
IL median 190.2 · 4th lowest of 82
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.56
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 30th highest of 101
Farmland rented
65%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 20th highest of 101

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$99$196 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$196/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+28.9%nominal, $152 to $196

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,859/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,395/ac
Census 2017$5,280/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+29.9%+5.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.65%$182 ÷ $6,859; cropland 92% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024143.0192.5157.4median 147.7

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

Median, 2008–2025147.7 bu/ac15 published years
Lowest published year2012: 26.5 bu/ac18% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.3 bu/ac a year±3.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.1610.051.441.00: 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$3.56
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.42claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.92$115.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 25
Worst year2012ratio 10.05
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 59% · excess moisture 33% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250120

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, 2000–202526 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201212 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.31 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% 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, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland4,171 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland80,315 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,363 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021987,9966,129

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,129 ac3.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,129 ac18% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$182/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20252 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20225,572−27.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202265%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Richland County$196—$6,859147.7$3.56
Clay County$197 2025—$6,235154.2$5.07
Crawford County$200$227$6,710172.5$2.94
Edwards County$156—$5,893—$5.61
Jasper County$195—$7,477169.7$2.47
Lawrence County$219$305 2025$6,987166.0$2.55
Wabash County$202—$5,778162.8$2.52
Wayne County$176—$5,608—$7.82
Median next door$198$227 1 co.$6,235166.0$2.94

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. Richland 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/richland-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.