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Bartholomew County, Indiana

Bartholomew County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $224 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,180 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 180.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Bartholomew County runs $224 per acre in 2026, up 21.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents at $258 per acre, a multiple of 1.15 over non-irrigated, down from 1.35 in 2011, with no clear direction over that span. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 4.3 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 180.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 78.8 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $79.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 49 percent overall, though that share moved from 35 percent in 1989-1999 to 32 percent in 2000-2009, 60 percent in 2010-2019, and 28 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $6,180 per acre in 2022, down 7.6 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$224/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 36th highest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$258/ac
2026 county average
IN median $276 · 6th lowest of 14
Land and buildings
$6,180/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 12th lowest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
180.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 197.9 · irrigated and dryland combined
IN median 178.1 · 28th highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.63
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · tied for 45th highest of 92
Farmland rented
57%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 28th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$135$224 dry$200$258 irrigated

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$224/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+21.1%nominal, $185 to $224
Irrigated, 2026$258/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,180/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,878/ac
Census 2017$6,688/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−7.6%−1.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 13% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024141.0205.3median 180.9

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

Median, 2008–2025180.9 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025197.9 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 78.8 bu/ac44% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.3 bu/ac a year±2.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.103.880.281.00: 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$2.63
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.26claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.65$79.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 26
Worst year2012ratio 3.88
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 49% · excess moisture 36% · other 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250150

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, 2000–202541 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201215 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.7 °F1991–2020 normal 64.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.11 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202213%
Drained by tile, 202233% of cropland38,938 ac
Farmed no-till, 202266% of cropland76,850 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland8,852 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,9162,118

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,118 ac1.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028629 ac30% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$232/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20222,375−46.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202257%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Bartholomew County$224$258$6,180180.9$2.63
Brown County$134—$7,090—$4.52
Decatur County$235—$9,415184.8$2.03
Jackson County$196$200$6,958—$6.43
Jennings County$209—$6,620167.0$7.97
Johnson County$228—$10,532171.9$2.18
Shelby County$249—$10,164178.8$1.54
Median next door$219$200 1 co.$8,253175.4$3.35

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. Bartholomew 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/bartholomew-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

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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.