County cash rent

Illinois Farmland Cash Rent: County Rates and Trends

USDA NASS reported 86 Illinois county cash-rent figures for non-irrigated cropland in 2026. The 2026 state average is USD 261/ac, down USD 3/ac from 2025.

Check an Illinois parcel in Scout County table plus state-level fallback rule.

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The five highest reported Illinois counties in 2026 are Macon (USD 347/ac), Moultrie (USD 337/ac), Sangamon (USD 334/ac), Christian (USD 332/ac), Logan (USD 326/ac).

The five lowest reported counties are Union (USD 87/ac), Williamson (USD 101/ac), Lake (USD 125/ac), Franklin (USD 126/ac), Cook (USD 136/ac), which shows why a statewide average is a weak substitute for county data.

For broader state soil, parcel, energy, and CRP context, use the Illinois farmland analysis hub. This page stays focused on rent queries.

Illinois cash rent by county (2026)
County or fallbackYear$/acreData level
Adams2026USD 238/acNASS county figure
Bond2026USD 249/acNASS county figure
Boone2026USD 267/acNASS county figure
Brown2026USD 233/acNASS county figure
Bureau2026USD 301/acNASS county figure
Calhoun2026USD 201/acNASS county figure
Carroll2026USD 290/acNASS county figure
Cass2026USD 306/acNASS county figure
Champaign2026USD 316/acNASS county figure
Christian2026USD 332/acNASS county figure
Clark2026USD 248/acNASS county figure
Coles2026USD 286/acNASS county figure
Cook2026USD 136/acNASS county figure
Crawford2026USD 200/acNASS county figure
Cumberland2026USD 211/acNASS county figure
De Witt2026USD 301/acNASS county figure
Douglas2026USD 313/acNASS county figure
Edgar2026USD 275/acNASS county figure
Edwards2026USD 156/acNASS county figure
Effingham2026USD 199/acNASS county figure
Fayette2026USD 192/acNASS county figure
Ford2026USD 294/acNASS county figure
Franklin2026USD 126/acNASS county figure
Fulton2026USD 263/acNASS county figure
Gallatin2026USD 155/acNASS county figure
Greene2026USD 280/acNASS county figure
Grundy2026USD 291/acNASS county figure
Hancock2026USD 284/acNASS county figure
Henderson2026USD 292/acNASS county figure
Jackson2026USD 172/acNASS county figure
Jasper2026USD 195/acNASS county figure
Jefferson2026USD 136/acNASS county figure
Jersey2026USD 221/acNASS county figure
Jo Daviess2026USD 255/acNASS county figure
Kane2026USD 274/acNASS county figure
Kankakee2026USD 250/acNASS county figure
Kendall2026USD 297/acNASS county figure
Knox2026USD 296/acNASS county figure
La Salle2026USD 277/acNASS county figure
Lake2026USD 125/acNASS county figure
Lawrence2026USD 219/acNASS county figure
Lee2026USD 283/acNASS county figure
Logan2026USD 326/acNASS county figure
Macon2026USD 347/acNASS county figure
Macoupin2026USD 245/acNASS county figure
Madison2026USD 249/acNASS county figure
Marion2026USD 172/acNASS county figure
Marshall2026USD 293/acNASS county figure
Mason2026USD 257/acNASS county figure
Mcdonough2026USD 293/acNASS county figure
Mchenry2026USD 234/acNASS county figure
Mclean2026USD 326/acNASS county figure
Menard2026USD 288/acNASS county figure
Mercer2026USD 273/acNASS county figure
Monroe2026USD 151/acNASS county figure
Montgomery2026USD 291/acNASS county figure
Morgan2026USD 281/acNASS county figure
Moultrie2026USD 337/acNASS county figure
Ogle2026USD 282/acNASS county figure
Peoria2026USD 253/acNASS county figure
Perry2026USD 172/acNASS county figure
Pike2026USD 219/acNASS county figure
Pulaski2026USD 152/acNASS county figure
Putnam2026USD 246/acNASS county figure
Randolph2026USD 166/acNASS county figure
Richland2026USD 196/acNASS county figure
Rock Island2026USD 228/acNASS county figure
Saline2026USD 150/acNASS county figure
Sangamon2026USD 334/acNASS county figure
Schuyler2026USD 249/acNASS county figure
Scott2026USD 273/acNASS county figure
Shelby2026USD 255/acNASS county figure
St Clair2026USD 243/acNASS county figure
Stark2026USD 292/acNASS county figure
Tazewell2026USD 266/acNASS county figure
Union2026USD 87/acNASS county figure
Vermilion2026USD 267/acNASS county figure
Wabash2026USD 202/acNASS county figure
Warren2026USD 281/acNASS county figure
Washington2026USD 190/acNASS county figure
Wayne2026USD 176/acNASS county figure
White2026USD 175/acNASS county figure
Whiteside2026USD 270/acNASS county figure
Will2026USD 231/acNASS county figure
Williamson2026USD 101/acNASS county figure
Winnebago2026USD 264/acNASS county figure
Counties not separately reported by NASS2026USD 261/acState-level fallback, not county-specific

County averages, not medians. The final fallback row shows the Illinois state figure explicitly labeled as state-level for counties NASS does not separately report.

Source: USDA NASS QuickStats, Survey years 2022 to 2026. Retrieved October 2026. Labeled Measured.

Five-year Illinois trend

The 2026 state average is USD 261/ac, down USD 3/ac from 2025. The trend line below uses NASS state rows so it stays stable even when individual county suppression changes year to year.

Illinois non-irrigated cropland cash rent A five-year line chart of dollars per acre. 275 235 2022 243 2023 259 2024 269 2025 264 2026 261
Dollars per acre per year. State rows are USDA NASS QuickStats records.

From county average to parcel read

A county average tells you what surveyed non-irrigated cropland rented for in that county. It does not see whether your acres are high-PI prairie soil, a wet corner, a small irregular field, or ground with better access and drainage than the county average.

Scout reads the parcel's SSURGO soil profile, starts from the county NASS rent when it exists, and applies AgriTerra's PI-based soil band around that benchmark. If the county is unavailable, Scout uses the state figure and labels the downgrade.

County average vs. a real parcel

The Illinois state average is not your number.

Illinois state average, 2026

$261/ac

USDA NASS, non-irrigated cropland

Your parcel

Run your own parcel to see the gap. Every Illinois parcel reads differently on soil, drainage, and rotation.

Use the land's address. If it has no street address, open Scout to find or draw the parcel. No account needed; Scout asks for an email once, before it shows the analysis.

Every parcel-scale figure is a Scout free read; see how we get our numbers. The state average anchor is the USDA NASS 2026 survey for non-irrigated cropland.

Check the parcel, not just the county.

Start with the Illinois county benchmark, then let Scout read the parcel's soils, acreage, flood, wetlands, CRP fit, and energy context.

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