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Rock Island County, Illinois

Rock Island County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $228 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,125 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 198.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17161. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 averages $228 per acre, up 3.2 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $9,125 per acre, with rent equal to 2.28 percent of that value. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW, with 0 MW proposed to EIA on both fronts.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$228/ac
2026 county average
IL median $254 · 30th lowest of 86
Cash rent, irrigated
$242/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$9,125/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IL median $8,638 · 36th highest of 91
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
198.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 221.6
IL median 190.2 · 23rd highest of 82
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.56
2016–2025, closed crop years
IL median $2.04 · 37th lowest of 101
Farmland rented
41%
2022 census, rented from others
IL median 55% · 13th lowest of 101

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$162$228 dry$228$242 irrigated

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$228/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+3.2%nominal, $221 to $228
Irrigated, 2020$242/ac
Pasture, 2026$53/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.03$228 ÷ 221.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,125/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,235/ac
Census 2017$6,965/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.0%+5.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.28%$208 ÷ $9,125; cropland 83% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024183.0236.7median 198.3

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

Median, 2008–2025198.3 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025221.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 163.9 bu/ac83% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.6 bu/ac a year±1.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.531.550.361.00: 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$1.56
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.27claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.41$39.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 23
Worst year2019ratio 1.55
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 35% · heat and drought 27% · price decline (revenue policies) 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020253260

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+ weeks200526 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.5 °F1991–2020 normal 64.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.13 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 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, 202237% of cropland44,869 ac
Farmed no-till, 202250% of cropland60,363 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland3,601 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021297,4466,251

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,251 ac5.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,290 ac37% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$253/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20226,764−26.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202241%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Rock Island County$228—$9,125198.3$1.56
Clinton County, IA$304—$9,600196.6$1.71
Muscatine County, IA$288$272$9,311182.9$1.23
Scott County, IA$284—$10,076195.2$1.22
Henry County$272 2023—$10,039193.7$1.82
Mercer County$273—$9,250192.0$1.15
Whiteside County$270$303$8,976188.8$1.88
Median next door$284$288 2 co.$9,456192.9$1.47

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. Rock Island 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/rock-island-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.
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"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.