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Carroll County, Indiana

Carroll County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $275 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,332 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 195.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Carroll County sits at $275 per acre in 2026, up 10.9 percent from 2016, against a census land value of $9,332 per acre in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$275/ac

2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 6th highest of 89

Land and buildings

$9,332/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 20th highest of 89

Rent as % of land value

2.68%

$250 dry rent ÷ $9,332 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

195.8 bu/ac

16 published years
IN median 178.1 · tied for 2nd highest of 76

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$0.83

2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 3rd lowest of 92

Farmland rented

54%

2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 37th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$275/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+10.9%nominal, $248 to $275

Pasture, 2026$53/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,332/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$6,826/ac

Census 2017$7,539/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+23.8%+4.4% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.68%$250 ÷ $9,332; cropland 92% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2025195.8 bu/ac16 published years

Lowest published year2012: 115.5 bu/ac59% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+3.0 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$0.83

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.15claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.44$58.2 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium3 of 28

Worst year2012ratio 4.30

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 50% · excess moisture 24% · price decline (revenue policies) 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202554 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200018 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202526 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.0 °F1991–2020 normal 62.9 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.18 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September24.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 91% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 202262% of cropland111,967 ac

Farmed no-till, 202223% of cropland40,758 ac

Cover crops, 20227% of cropland12,751 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,536 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028411 ac27% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$240/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 202212,355+138.0% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202254%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Carroll County	$275	—	$9,332	195.8	$0.83
Cass County	$237	—	$8,138	189.6	$1.20
Clinton County	$298	—	$9,492	191.5	$1.56
Howard County	$255	—	$5,875	192.7	$0.77
Tippecanoe County	$267	$337 2024	$8,601	185.1	$1.02
White County	$263	—	$10,606	182.6	$1.11
Median next door	$263	—	$8,601	189.6	$1.11

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. Carroll 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/carroll-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.

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