Saline County, Illinois
Saline County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $150 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,910 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 212.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17165. Figures as of 2026-10-12.
IL median $254 · 7th lowest of 86
IL median $8,638 · 6th lowest of 91
IL median 225.2 · 19th lowest of 66
IL median $2.04 · 20th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 21st lowest of 101
Saline County's non-irrigated cash rent is $150 per acre in 2026, up 26.1 percent from 2016. Heat and drought claims have grown uneven over time, running 36 percent of crop insurance indemnities in 1989-1999, climbing to 53 percent in 2010-2019, then falling to 29 percent in 2020-2025. Corn yields've trended up 3.5 bushels per acre a year from 2008 to 2023, though 2012 brought only 50 bushels when drought weeks peaked. July nights have warmed 0.34 F per decade since 1976. Solar capacity operating in the county now totals 270 MW.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Illinois county rate, side by side: Illinois cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Saline County: its grids, county values and record.
Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Illinois average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
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.
Rain so far this year in Illinois, county by county
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline County | $150 | n/a | $4,910 | 170.3 | $5.68 |
| Franklin County | $126 | n/a | $5,677 | 152.4 | $8.36 |
| Gallatin County | $155 | $188 2025 | $5,746 | 167.5 | $6.43 |
| Hamilton County | $138 2025 | n/a | $5,788 | n/a | $6.78 |
| Hardin County | n/a | n/a | $4,632 | n/a | $14.84 |
| Pope County | $92 2025 | n/a | $4,224 | n/a | $10.13 |
| Williamson County | $101 | n/a | $4,701 | 153.2 | $11.52 |
| Median next door | $126 | n/a | $5,189 | 153.2 | $9.25 |
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. Saline County, Illinois. Figures as of 2026-10-12, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/illinois/saline-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.