Clark County, Indiana
Clark County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $150 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,194 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clark County runs $150 per acre for 2026, up 20 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $6,194 per acre in 2022, with land value up 12.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, 2.3 percent a year. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 3.6 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2024, with a median of 161.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 69.9 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities at 46 percent over 1989-2025, but its share by period reads 59 percent, 45 percent, 50 percent, 33 percent. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse were 0 for 2021-2025. Proposed solar to EIA is 200 MW against 1.1 MW operating now.
IN median $217 · tied for 7th lowest of 89
IN median $8,158 · 13th lowest of 89
IN median 178.1 · tied for 10th lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 14th highest of 92
IN median 51% · 30th lowest 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County | $150 | $6,194 | 161.2 | $5.74 |
| Floyd County | $92 2024 | $9,135 | — | $5.46 |
| Jefferson County | $150 | $6,815 | — | $8.41 |
| Scott County | $155 | $6,850 | 166.9 | $9.24 |
| Washington County | $168 | $5,753 | 159.0 | $3.17 |
| Jefferson County, KY | $53 2025 | $13,280 | — | $8.42 |
| Oldham County, KY | $96 | $8,262 | 154.5 | $2.36 |
| Trimble County, KY | $146 2024 | $4,600 | — | $7.12 |
| Median next door | $153 | $6,850 | 159.0 | $7.12 |
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. Clark 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/clark-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.