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Gibson County, Indiana

Gibson County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $216 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,732 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 181.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Gibson County averages $216 per acre in 2026, up 14.3 percent from 2016. The Census puts land and buildings at $7,732 per acre in 2022, up 19.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.6 percent a year. Heat and drought made up 46 percent of indemnities in 2010-2019, above the 19 percent, 19 percent, and 18 percent shares of the other listed periods. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 34 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 0 weeks recorded from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$216/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 44th lowest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$220/ac
2021 county average
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$7,732/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 39th lowest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
181.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 198.1
IN median 178.1 · 25th highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.86
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 27th highest of 92
Farmland rented
58%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 24th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$134$216 dry$241$220 irrigated

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$216/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+14.3%nominal, $189 to $216
Irrigated, 2021$220/ac
Pasture, 2026$88/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.09$216 ÷ 198.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,732/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,329/ac
Census 2017$6,484/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.2%+3.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024168.0202.5187.9median 181.5

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

Median, 2008–2025181.5 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025198.1 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 64.8 bu/ac36% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.3 bu/ac a year±3.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.134.040.571.00: 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$3.86
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.34claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.61$138.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 26
Worst year2012ratio 4.04
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 53% · heat and drought 36% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250160

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, 2000–202534 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201216 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.7 °F1991–2020 normal 67.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.25 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 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, 202231% of cropland71,049 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland93,724 ac
Cover crops, 202210% of cropland23,488 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,836655

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

CRP enrolled, 2025655 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028353 ac54% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$225/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025200 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20227,511+6.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202258%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Gibson County$216—$7,732181.5$3.86
Wabash County, IL$202—$5,778162.8$2.52
White County, IL$175$170 2025$5,590171.9$5.93
Knox County$229$239$8,068180.2$2.68
Pike County$194—$5,920—$5.68
Posey County$225$293 2024$7,200190.2$2.78
Vanderburgh County$233—$7,553179.6$3.40
Warrick County$175—$6,707161.2$6.45
Median next door$202$239 1 co.$6,707175.8$3.40

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. Gibson 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/gibson-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.