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Jennings County, Indiana

Jennings County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $209 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,620 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 167.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Jennings County stands at $209 per acre in 2026, up 26.7 percent from 2016, against a census land value of $6,620 per acre.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$209/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 40th lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$6,620/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 19th lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.92%
$193 dry rent ÷ $6,620 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
167.0 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 179.7
IN median 178.1 · 17th lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.97
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 6th highest of 92
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 29th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$113$209 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$209/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.7%nominal, $165 to $209
Pasture, 2026$56/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.16$209 ÷ 179.7 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,620/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,896/ac
Census 2017$4,564/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+45.0%+7.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.92%$193 ÷ $6,620; cropland 71% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024127.0191.9181.9median 167.0

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

Median, 2008–2024167.0 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024179.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 89.2 bu/ac53% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+3.6 bu/ac a year±2.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.452.771.401.00: 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$7.97
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.67claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.73$75.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 26
Worst year2019ratio 2.77
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 53% · heat and drought 31% · other 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250100

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, 2000–202535 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201010 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.1 °F1991–2020 normal 64.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.30 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 202220% of cropland16,557 ac
Farmed no-till, 202237% of cropland29,577 ac
Cover crops, 202215% of cropland12,055 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021475,7781,169

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,169 ac1.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028554 ac47% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$177/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20224,537−30.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Jennings County$209—$6,620167.0$7.97
Bartholomew County$224$258$6,180180.9$2.63
Decatur County$235—$9,415184.8$2.03
Jackson County$196$200$6,958—$6.43
Jefferson County$150—$6,815—$8.41
Ripley County$174—$6,590168.6$8.05
Scott County$155—$6,850166.9$9.24
Median next door$185$229 2 co.$6,833174.8$7.24

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. Jennings 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/jennings-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.