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Sangamon County farmland

$334 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2026

Cash rent in Sangamon 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 Sangamon County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$3342026Not published by NASS
Pasture$53.502026$38

Cash rent in Sangamon 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 Sangamon County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$334$53.50
2025$372$38.50
2024$369Not published
2023$327$33
2022Not published$38
2021$280$41
2020$292$45
2019$290$37
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$286$37.50
2016$301$41
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$302$40.50
2013$371Not published
2012$324Not published
2011$252$34.50
2010$230Not published
2009$223Not published
2008$224Not published

What farmland in Sangamon County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$7,261 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms464,740 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

Crop yields in Sangamon County

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

County crop yields in Sangamon County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn224.3 bu2025228.1 bu210,500
Soybeans71.5 bu202573.1 bu161,000
Winter wheat81 bu202480.4 bu2,480

Farmland in nearby counties

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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.