Clay County, Indiana
Clay County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $218 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,679 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 183.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Clay County is $218 per acre for 2026, up 24.6 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings was $6,679 per acre in 2022, up 31 percent from 2017, 5.5 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 4 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 183.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 61.2 in 2012. Drought has been rare here: 19 of 1357 weeks since 2000 saw severe drought or worse, with just 1 week from 2021-2025. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities at 42 percent, with heat and drought at 55 percent of indemnities in 2010-2019 and 19 percent in 2020-2025.
IN median $217 · tied for 42nd highest of 89
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
IN median $8,158 · 20th lowest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 20th highest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 34th highest of 92
IN median 51% · 20th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | $218 | $203 2025 | $6,679 | 183.9 | $3.18 |
| Greene County | $197 | — | $5,946 | — | $7.81 |
| Owen County | $162 | — | $5,396 | 160.5 | $5.77 |
| Parke County | $197 | — | $7,262 | — | $1.54 |
| Putnam County | $224 | — | $8,265 | 181.3 | $1.65 |
| Sullivan County | $230 | $291 2024 | $6,203 | 179.4 | $4.04 |
| Vigo County | $244 | — | $5,886 | 171.7 | $4.47 |
| Median next door | $211 | — | $6,075 | 175.6 | $4.26 |
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. Clay 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/clay-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.