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DeKalb County farmland

$318 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2025

Cash rent in DeKalb County

What a farmer pays a landowner a year for an acre, from the USDA's county survey: the latest year NASS published for each kind of land.

Cash rent per acre a year in DeKalb County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$3182025Not published by NASS
Pasture$372023Not published by NASS

Cash rent in DeKalb County since 2008

Cropland and pasture rent an acre a year, every year the USDA's county survey published, newest first. "Not published" is a year NASS skipped or pooled the county; it is left blank, not estimated.

Cash rent per acre a year in DeKalb County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2025$318Not published
2024Not publishedNot published
2023$294$37
2022Not publishedNot published
2021$258Not published
2020$262Not published
2019$284$55
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$243$35
2016$249$35.50
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$278Not published
2013$240Not published
2012$237Not published
2011$216Not published
2010$189Not published
2009$192Not published
2008$180Not published

What farmland in DeKalb County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$7,704 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms353,524 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in DeKalb County

Bushels an acre harvested, from the USDA's county crop estimates.

County crop yields in DeKalb County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn244.4 bu2025223.5 bu190,100
Soybeans71.2 bu202566.2 bu117,800
Winter wheat99.8 bu202587 bu11,000

Farmland in nearby counties

Boone CountyKane CountyKendall CountyLaSalle CountyMcHenry CountyWinnebago County

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

Cash rent

USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released Aug 21, 2026. NASS withholds a county's figure when too few farms answer. Public domain.

Land value

USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, released Feb 13, 2024. Public domain.

Crop yields

USDA NASS county crop estimates, Quick Stats file of Oct 31, 2026. Public domain.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 31, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.