Winnebago County, Illinois
Winnebago County, IL: non-irrigated cash rent $264 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,082 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 187.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 17201. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Winnebago County averages $264 per acre in 2026, up 30 percent from 2016. Census land value sits at $8,082 per acre, with 2017-2022 gains of 13.2 percent, 2.5 percent a year. Corn yields trended up 3.3 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 187.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 99.6 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 49 percent of $82.6 million paid, and its share by period was 26 percent, 36 percent, 57 percent, then 45 percent. No cropland here is irrigated. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 83 of 1357 since 2000, with 16 of those in 2021-2025.
IL median $254 · 39th highest of 86
IL median $8,638 · 41st lowest of 91
IL median 190.2 · 35th lowest of 82
IL median $2.04 · 35th highest of 101
IL median 55% · 43rd lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnebago County | $264 | — | $8,082 | 187.6 | $2.86 |
| Boone County | $267 | — | $9,226 | 192.2 | $2.42 |
| Ogle County | $282 | — | $9,818 | 192.3 | $1.33 |
| Stephenson County | $251 2025 | — | $9,230 | 199.2 | $1.30 |
| Green County, WI | $223 | $235 2025 | $6,890 | 185.2 | $2.88 |
| Rock County, WI | $223 | $257 2025 | $8,459 | 185.3 | $1.95 |
| Median next door | $245 | — | $9,226 | 192.2 | $1.95 |
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. Winnebago 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/winnebago-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.