Farmland Atlas · county record

Jackson County, Indiana

Jackson County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $196 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,958 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 162.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$196/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 29th lowest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$200/ac
2026 county average
IN median $276 · lowest of 14
Land and buildings
$6,958/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 25th lowest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
162.6 bu/ac
14 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.43
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 10th highest of 92
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 23rd lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$109$196 dry$239$200 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$196/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.5%nominal, $164 to $196
Irrigated, 2026$200/ac
Pasture, 2026$50/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,958/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,582/ac
Census 2017$5,295/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.4%+5.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.52%$175 ÷ $6,958; cropland 78% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024125.0196.8median 162.6

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

Median, 2008–2024162.6 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2012: 81.3 bu/ac50% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+4.9 bu/ac a year±2.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1999200420092014201920241.502.410.541.00: 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$6.43
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.50claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.65$95.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 27
Worst year2019ratio 2.41
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 64% · heat and drought 28% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250150

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, 2000–202542 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201215 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.9 °F1991–2020 normal 64.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.19 °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 larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20228%
Drained by tile, 202220% of cropland26,047 ac
Farmed no-till, 202265% of cropland85,123 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland10,353 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211185,9732,948

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,948 ac2.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,054 ac36% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$214/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,176−31.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Jackson County$196$200$6,958—$6.43
Bartholomew County$224$258$6,180180.9$2.63
Brown County$134—$7,090—$4.52
Jennings County$209—$6,620167.0$7.97
Lawrence County$179—$5,474—$5.42
Monroe County$149—$6,514160.7$8.03
Scott County$155—$6,850166.9$9.24
Washington County$168—$5,753159.0$3.17
Median next door$168$258 1 co.$6,514166.9$5.42

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. Jackson 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/jackson-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.