Farmland Atlas · county record

Hamilton County, Indiana

Hamilton County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $239 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,452 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 174.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Hamilton County stands at $239 per acre for 2026, up 16.6 percent from 2014. Land value from the 2022 Census stood at $9,452 per acre, with rent at 2.59 percent of that value. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 3.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 174.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 121.9 in 2012. Drought weeks stayed low across 2000-2025, with 2.1 percent of weeks at severe drought or worse and just 2 weeks in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$239/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 24th highest of 89
Land and buildings
$9,452/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 18th highest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.59%
$245 dry rent ÷ $9,452 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
174.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 209.1
IN median 178.1 · 33rd lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.89
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 37th highest of 92
Farmland rented
56%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 33rd highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$136$239 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$239/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+16.6%nominal, $205 to $239
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.14$239 ÷ 209.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,452/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,428/ac
Census 2017$8,750/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+8.0%+1.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.59%$245 ÷ $9,452; cropland 87% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024164.0216.0215.5median 174.1

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

Median, 2008–2025174.1 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025209.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 121.9 bu/ac70% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.2 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.463.040.471.00: 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$2.89
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.46claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.57$37.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 23
Worst year2019ratio 3.04
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 38% · heat and drought 28% · price decline (revenue policies) 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025140

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, 2000–202529 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200014 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20252 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.4 °F1991–2020 normal 63.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.14 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202263% of cropland73,126 ac
Farmed no-till, 202236% of cropland41,730 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland8,930 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210879526

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

CRP enrolled, 2025526 ac0.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202883 ac16% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$289/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Hamilton County$239$9,452174.1$2.89
Boone County$264$9,472187.1$1.74
Clinton County$298$9,492191.5$1.56
Hancock County$240$9,562179.3$2.75
Madison County$245$7,322181.1$2.36
Marion County$185$11,101—$4.45
Tipton County$275$11,110194.8$1.49
Median next door$255$9,527187.1$2.05

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. Hamilton 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/hamilton-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.