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Greene County, Indiana

Greene County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $197 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,946 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 166.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Greene County runs $197 per acre in 2026, up 45.9 percent from 2016. Census land value came in at $5,946 per acre in 2022, up 20.1 percent from 2017, 3.7 percent a year, with the 2022 rent equal to 3.11 percent of that value. Corn yield trend is 3.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, median 166 bushels per acre, with 2010 the worst year at 125.8. Crop insurance losses lean toward excess moisture and flood, 65 percent of the $99.7 million paid over 1989-2025, with a loss ratio of 0.76 over that period and 0.57 over 2016-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$197/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 31st lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$5,946/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 9th lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
3.11%
$185 dry rent ÷ $5,946 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
166.0 bu/ac
13 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.81
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 7th highest of 92
Farmland rented
49%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 38th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$101$197 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$197/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+45.9%nominal, $135 to $197
Pasture, 2026$40/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,946/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,942/ac
Census 2017$4,952/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.1%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.11%$185 ÷ $5,946; cropland 77% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024136.0198.8192.9median 166.0

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

Median, 2008–2025166.0 bu/ac13 published years
Lowest published year2010: 125.8 bu/ac76% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.3 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920240.682.680.881.00: 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$7.81
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.57claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.76$99.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 27
Worst year2002ratio 2.68
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 65% · heat and drought 29% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250110

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, 2000–202533 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201211 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20255 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.0 °F1991–2020 normal 64.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.22 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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, 202223% of cropland34,704 ac
Farmed no-till, 202224% of cropland35,807 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland12,050 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211033,1802,012

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,012 ac1.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028631 ac31% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$195/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20256.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202210,406−6.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202249%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Greene County$197—$5,946—$7.81
Clay County$218$203 2025$6,679183.9$3.18
Daviess County$255$285$9,072187.7$3.91
Knox County$229$239$8,068180.2$2.68
Lawrence County$179—$5,474—$5.42
Martin County$190—$5,972—$5.79
Monroe County$149—$6,514160.7$8.03
Owen County$162—$5,396160.5$5.77
Sullivan County$230$291 2024$6,203179.4$4.04
Median next door$204$262 2 co.$6,359179.8$4.73

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. Greene 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/greene-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.