Farmland around the University of Illinois Springfield is owned and operated by the school. That land was purchased by the university and goes toward general operations.
Area farmers manage the land for the school. In return, the university receives cash rent and a share of the crop. The Sangamon County endowment farms along with the farmland around UIS produce corn and soybeans with some wheat on occasion.
University of Illinois Springfield Operations Farm (next to UIS campus)
- 263 acres
- Harvest earned approximately $80,000 in 2011
The land was featured in an March 29, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.
