Wabash County, Illinois
Wabash County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $202 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,778 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 162.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17185. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wabash County averages $202 per acre for 2026, up 26.2 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings sits at $5,778 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 4.4 percent, 0.9 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 2.8 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 162.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 52.1 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025 total $46.5 million, and excess moisture and flood lead all causes at 44 percent; heat and drought's share moved 23 percent, 24 percent, 55 percent, then 11 percent across the four listed decades. Severe drought covered 50 percent of the county in only 30 of 1357 weeks since 2000. Solar and wind operating capacity: 0 MW.
IL median $254 · 25th lowest of 86
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
IL median $8,638 · 17th lowest of 91
IL median 190.2 · 12th lowest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 41st highest of 101
IL median 55% · 27th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash County | $202 | — | $5,778 | 162.8 | $2.52 |
| Edwards County | $156 | — | $5,893 | — | $5.61 |
| Lawrence County | $219 | $305 2025 | $6,987 | 166.0 | $2.55 |
| Richland County | $196 | — | $6,859 | 147.7 | $3.56 |
| White County | $175 | $170 2025 | $5,590 | 171.9 | $5.93 |
| Gibson County, IN | $216 | — | $7,732 | 181.5 | $3.86 |
| Knox County, IN | $229 | $239 | $8,068 | 180.2 | $2.68 |
| Median next door | $206 | $239 1 co. | $6,923 | 171.9 | $3.71 |
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. Wabash 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/wabash-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.