Kosciusko County, Indiana
Kosciusko County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $219 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,605 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 173.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Kosciusko County stands at $219 per acre for 2026, up 21.7 percent from 2016. Census land value was $8,605 per acre in 2022, up 20.9 percent from 2017, 3.9 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 3.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 173.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 104 in 2012. Crop insurance history shows a loss ratio of 0.55 over 1989-2025, but only 0.24 over 2016-2025, with heat and drought accounting for 31 percent of indemnities in 2020-2025 against 9 percent in 2000-2009. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse totaled 11 of the possible weeks in 2021-2025, down from 20 weeks in 2000 alone.
IN median $217 · tied for 39th highest of 89
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
IN median $8,158 · 35th highest of 89
IN median 178.1 · tied for 30th lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 14th lowest of 92
IN median 51% · 26th highest of 92
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosciusko County | $219 | $284 2025 | $8,605 | 173.2 | $1.35 |
| Elkhart County | $230 | $307 | $11,769 | 173.2 | $2.15 |
| Fulton County | $208 | $302 | $7,558 | 177.3 | $0.86 |
| Marshall County | $219 | $210 | $7,190 | 172.2 | $2.00 |
| Noble County | $190 | $233 | $9,064 | 169.8 | $1.64 |
| Wabash County | $201 | — | $8,802 | 176.5 | $2.39 |
| Whitley County | $199 | — | $8,939 | 174.6 | $3.34 |
| Median next door | $205 | $268 | $8,871 | 173.9 | $2.08 |
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. Kosciusko 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/kosciusko-countyEvery 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.