Farmland Atlas · county record

Allen County, Indiana

Allen County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $219 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,803 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 178.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Allen County runs $219 per acre in 2026, up 36.9 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings sits at $7,803 per acre, though this figure moved down 1.8 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 2.9 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 178.8 bushels per acre and a low of 109 in 2012. No cropland here is irrigated, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed in the county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$219/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 39th highest of 89
Land and buildings
$7,803/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 40th lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.43%
$190 dry rent ÷ $7,803 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
178.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 190.5
IN median 178.1 · tied for 37th highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.81
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 40th highest of 92
Farmland rented
60%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 19th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$134$219 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$219/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+36.9%nominal, $160 to $219
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.15$219 ÷ 190.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,803/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,174/ac
Census 2017$7,950/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−1.8%−0.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.43%$190 ÷ $7,803; cropland 92% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024151.0197.4187.1median 178.8

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025178.8 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025190.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 109.0 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.9 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920241.502.370.421.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$2.81
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.37claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.58$70.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 22
Worst year2015ratio 2.37
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 31% · area plans 25% · heat and drought 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020251615

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–202557 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200016 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202526 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.4 °F1991–2020 normal 62.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.19 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 202264% of cropland193,066 ac
Farmed no-till, 202242% of cropland128,227 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland15,735 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211539,9502,784

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20252,784 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,146 ac41% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$181/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202216,490+22.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202260%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Allen County$219—$7,803178.8$2.81
Adams County$235—$10,771169.8$2.40
DeKalb County$146—$8,646162.1$4.21
Huntington County$200—$8,495181.9$2.85
Noble County$190$233$9,064169.8$1.64
Wells County$279—$10,111188.5$2.10
Whitley County$199—$8,939174.6$3.34
Defiance County, OH$177—$7,824162.4$6.41
Paulding County, OH$189—$8,607165.0$4.50
Van Wert County, OH$225—$9,658168.7$1.89
Median next door$199$233 1 co.$8,939169.8$2.85

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

Cite this page

AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Allen County, Indiana. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/indiana/allen-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.