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LaPorte County, Indiana

LaPorte County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $200 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,056 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$200/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 34th lowest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$290/ac
2026 county average
IN median $276 · 5th highest of 14
Land and buildings
$5,056/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 31% from 2017 while next door rose a median 22%
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
154.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 177.8 · irrigated and dryland combined
IN median 178.1 · 4th lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.56
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · tied for 22nd lowest of 92
Farmland rented
54%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 38th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$124$200 dry$199$290 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$200/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.0%nominal, $168 to $200
Irrigated, 2026$290/ac
Pasture, 2026$84/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,056/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,084/ac
Census 2017$7,355/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 31% from 2017 while the 4 counties next door rose a median 22%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024148.0189.8median 154.2

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

Median, 2008–2025154.2 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025177.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 122.3 bu/ac79% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1998200320082013201820230.231.560.091.00: 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$1.56
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.29claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.43$45.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 27
Worst year2002ratio 1.56
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 30% · excess moisture 28% · area plans 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202513160

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, 2000–202541 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200316 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.4 °F1991–2020 normal 62.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.21 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% 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, 202232%
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland17,447 ac
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland57,610 ac
Cover crops, 202219% of cropland49,000 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021705,0851,923

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,923 ac0.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028461 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$219/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20229,463−27.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202254%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
LaPorte County$200$290$5,056154.2$1.56
Porter County$195$306$9,579177.4$2.16
St. Joseph County$196$312$8,309161.9$3.03
Starke County$170$251 2024$7,178149.5$4.22
Berrien County, MI$125$240$6,476—$9.74
Median next door$183$306$7,744161.9$3.63

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. LaPorte 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/laporte-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.

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