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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$150/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 7th lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$6,194/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 13th lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.41%
$149 dry rent ÷ $6,194 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
161.2 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 179.4
IN median 178.1 · tied for 10th lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.74
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 14th highest of 92
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 30th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140$1602010201520202025$102$150 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$150/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.0%nominal, $125 to $150
Pasture, 2026$60/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,194/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,228/ac
Census 2017$5,515/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.3%+2.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.41%$149 ÷ $6,194; cropland 74% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024138.0188.9172.9median 161.2

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

Median, 2008–2024161.2 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024179.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 69.9 bu/ac43% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+3.6 bu/ac a year±2.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720221.292.501.101.00: 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$5.74
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.51claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.64$30.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 19
Worst year2012ratio 2.50
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 46% · excess moisture 40% · freeze 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250100

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, 2000–202530 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200710 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.27 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.1 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, 20227% of cropland4,506 ac
Farmed no-till, 202266% of cropland41,612 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland4,077 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021311,353216

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

CRP enrolled, 2025216 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20284 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$145/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20225,976−11.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Clark County$150$6,194161.2$5.74
Floyd County$92 2024$9,135—$5.46
Jefferson County$150$6,815—$8.41
Scott County$155$6,850166.9$9.24
Washington County$168$5,753159.0$3.17
Jefferson County, KY$53 2025$13,280—$8.42
Oldham County, KY$96$8,262154.5$2.36
Trimble County, KY$146 2024$4,600—$7.12
Median next door$153$6,850159.0$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-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.