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Champaign County Farmland Price Report
As an agricultural professional and business owner, it’s important to know what’s happening in the local area with land ownership and development.
Enter your information below to get the latest edition of the Champaign County Farmland Newsletter, complete with up-to-date information about farmland prices, sales, and activity.
What is in the report
Every recorded farmland sale in Champaign County, parcel by parcel. For each one you get the parcel number and location, the sale date and sale price, the county auditor’s value, the total acreage — and, critically, the auditor’s breakdown of what that acreage actually is: tillable ground, pasture, woodland, homesite, right of way and waste.
That breakdown is the part most price talk leaves out. Two 200-acre parcels are not comparable if one is 190 acres tillable and the other is 120 tillable with 60 in woods. A price per acre only means something once you know what kind of acre you are buying.
Who uses it
- Farmers watching for ground that adjoins their own, and wanting a number in mind before it comes up.
- Landowners weighing whether to sell, cash-rent or hold — and needing something better than the neighbour’s rumour about what the last farm brought.
- Families and trustees handling inherited ground, where everyone at the table needs to see the same set of numbers.
- Investors comparing Champaign County against other markets.
Why county-level data, and not a state average
Statewide and USDA figures are useful for direction, but they will not tell you what ground traded for on your road. Soil, drainage, road frontage, field shape and the simple question of who farms next door move Champaign County prices in ways a state average cannot show. This report stays inside the county line and reports what actually sold.
Three other ways Diedre can help
Once you have the report, and at no cost:
- A PinPoint Price Analysis of your own property.
- An in-depth report on any individual parcel you are considering in Champaign County.
- Her 100+ acre new listing alerts, so you hear about larger tracts as they come to market.
About Diedre
Diedre Koik is a Realtor® with ROOST Real Estate Co. working the Champaign County land market, and she compiles this report herself from county auditor records. Questions about a particular parcel, or about your own ground, are welcome before you are anywhere near ready to sell — reach her at Diedre@ROOSTRealEstateCo.com or 937-408-3647.
“Under all is the land. Upon its wise utilization and widely allocated ownership depend the survival and growth of free institutions and of our civilization.”