You own Illinois farmland.
Someone farms it.
Are they paying you market rate?
Most Illinois farmland belongs to people who don't farm it themselves — heirs, retirees, owners who moved away and kept the ground. Most of them haven't repriced their rent in years. Pick your county below and see where you stand in about ten seconds.
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See your county's market rent.
Then see the gap.
Pick your county, enter your tillable acres and what you're collecting now. We'll show you this year's county average cash rent, straight from USDA survey data, and what the difference is worth in real dollars.
Enter your county, acres, and current rent to see how you compare.
Any dollar figure here is a county benchmark for planning purposes — it is not a lease appraisal, a certified USPAP appraisal, or a guarantee of what your specific tract will bring.
Reprice the lease
If there's a real gap, the fix is a conversation, not a fight. We'll run the numbers with you and help you bring it to your tenant before the next lease year.
Call Mitch About Repricing →Get the three-number workup
Rent is one signal of value. Income-producing ground is in demand right now. Get the three-number workup before you decide anything — what the data says, what a typical sale brings, and what competitive bidding could do.
Get My Three-Number Workup →This isn't a guess off a website.
Where do these numbers come from?
Every county figure on this page comes from the USDA NASS Cash Rent Survey for non-irrigated cropland — the same public data lenders and appraisers reference, not a listing site's estimate. Each county's number reflects the most recent year USDA surveyed that county; some counties don't get surveyed every year, so the "latest" year shown can differ county to county. It's a county-wide average across every reporting tract, not a number tied to your specific field.
Rates vary by soil productivity, drainage, tile, road access, and the terms already written into your lease. Two farms a mile apart can carry very different fair rents. Treat this as the starting point for a conversation, not the final word on your ground.
- ✗ It is not a lease appraisal for your specific tract.
- ✗ It is not a certified USPAP appraisal or a lending document.
- ✗ It is not legal or tax advice — talk to your attorney or CPA before you change a lease, end a tenancy, or report rental income.
Any valuation estimate is model-generated for planning and marketing purposes — it is not a certified USPAP appraisal, a lending decision, or a guarantee of sale price.
See what your ground is worth beyond the rent.
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Text VALUE to 618-292-7227 →We'll text you back for the basics — county, acres, what's on it.