Farmland Atlas · county record

Delaware County, Indiana

Delaware County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $240 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,358 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$240/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 22nd highest of 89
Land and buildings
$5,358/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 19% from 2017 while next door rose a median 36%
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$1.23
$240 ÷ 195.5 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
169.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 195.5
IN median 178.1 · 20th lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.68
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 29th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
60%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 18th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$137$240 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$240/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+21.2%nominal, $198 to $240
Pasture, 2026$77/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.23$240 ÷ 195.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,358/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,300/ac
Census 2017$6,633/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 19% from 2017 while the 6 counties next door rose a median 36%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024156.0208.1204.6median 169.5

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

Median, 2008–2025169.5 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025195.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 111.5 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.5 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.382.280.091.00: 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$1.68
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.27claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.54$62.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 26
Worst year2015ratio 2.28
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 37% · heat and drought 22% · area plans 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020251415

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, 2000–202544 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202515 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.0 °F1991–2020 normal 62.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.11 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202274% of cropland108,021 ac
Farmed no-till, 202255% of cropland80,750 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland9,985 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021374,4001,276

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,276 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028282 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$278/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20222,709+12.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202260%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Delaware County$240$5,358169.5$1.68
Blackford County$246$8,810173.2$2.05
Grant County$195$8,453—$0.99
Henry County$203$8,606185.2$2.36
Jay County$217$10,478166.0$2.85
Madison County$245$7,322181.1$2.36
Randolph County$209$9,308172.2$1.65
Median next door$213$8,708173.2$2.21

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. Delaware 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/delaware-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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