SOLICITATION OF CASH RENT FARMING BIDS

     9/17/2026

      Cash rent bids are solicited for approximately 145 acres of farm ground at the Whiteside County Airport, Montmorency Township, Rock Falls, Illinois. Bids are sought for a three (3) year term commencing March 1, 2027.

      The terms are cash, payable in full, on March 1 at the start of each lease year; the lease year should be from March 1 through the last day of February each year. A portion of the leased premises must be planted in soybeans and other low growing crops near the runways. A farming plat is available at the office of the Airport Manager at the Airport on each weekday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. showing the size of the various fields and which fields must be planted in low crops and which can be planted in high crops, also at https://www.whitesidecountyairport.org/farm-land-maps-1.

The bids should be in writing, sealed, and delivered to Darin Heffelfinger, Airport Manager, at the Airport terminal building, 10950 Hoover Road, Rock Falls, Illinois. The bids must be signed and delivered on or before October 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Electronic bids will not be acceptable and will not be effective.

The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the regular meeting of the Whiteside County Airport Board scheduled for October 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at the Whiteside County Airport, Rock Falls, Illinois.

The Airport Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids or waive any formalities, irregularities, or other requirements in the bidding, when such action will serve the best action of the Airport Board. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days subsequent to the opening of bids without the written consent of the Whiteside County Board.