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Lawrence County, Indiana

Lawrence County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $179 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,474 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 166.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$179/ac

2026 county average
IN median $217 · 19th lowest of 89

Land and buildings

$5,474/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 4th lowest of 89

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 50% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, 2008–2022 median

166.5 bu/ac

14 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$5.42

2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 17th highest of 92

Farmland rented

29%

2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 10th lowest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$179/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+19.3%nominal, $150 to $179

Pasture, 2026$63/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,474/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,172/ac

Census 2017$3,716/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+47.3%+8.1% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 50% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2022166.5 bu/ac14 published years

Lowest published year2012: 52.8 bu/ac32% of median

Trend, 2008–2022+3.7 bu/ac a year±4.6 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$5.42

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.40claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.66$34.2 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium3 of 19

Worst year2012ratio 3.42

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 57% · heat and drought 39% · price decline (revenue policies) 2%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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+ weeks201214 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20255 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.2 °F1991–2020 normal 64.2 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.13 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September27.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%

Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland1,839 ac

Farmed no-till, 202244% of cropland25,684 ac

Cover crops, 202210% of cropland5,564 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,388 ac6.7% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20281,305 ac39% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$172/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, 202215,296+12.5% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Lawrence County	$179	—	$5,474	—	$5.42
Greene County	$197	—	$5,946	—	$7.81
Jackson County	$196	$200	$6,958	—	$6.43
Martin County	$190	—	$5,972	—	$5.79
Monroe County	$149	—	$6,514	160.7	$8.03
Orange County	$209	—	$6,544	—	$2.45
Washington County	$168	—	$5,753	159.0	$3.17
Median next door	$193	$200 1 co.	$6,243	159.9 2 co.	$6.11

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. Lawrence 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/lawrence-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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