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.
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.
IN median $217 · tied for 36th highest of 89
IN median $276 · 6th lowest of 14
IN median $8,158 · 12th lowest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 28th highest of 76
IN median $2.54 · tied for 45th highest of 92
IN median 51% · 28th highest of 92
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartholomew County | $224 | $258 | $6,180 | 180.9 | $2.63 |
| Brown County | $134 | — | $7,090 | — | $4.52 |
| Decatur County | $235 | — | $9,415 | 184.8 | $2.03 |
| Jackson County | $196 | $200 | $6,958 | — | $6.43 |
| Jennings County | $209 | — | $6,620 | 167.0 | $7.97 |
| Johnson County | $228 | — | $10,532 | 171.9 | $2.18 |
| Shelby County | $249 | — | $10,164 | 178.8 | $1.54 |
| Median next door | $219 | $200 1 co. | $8,253 | 175.4 | $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-countyEvery 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.