Miami County, Indiana
Miami County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $218 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,928 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 172.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18103. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $218 per acre, up 10.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value in 2022 sat at $7,928 per acre, with a land value change of 17.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 3.3 percent a year. Corn yield trend on published years 2008-2025 runs 3 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 172.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 2012 at 126.8. Heat and drought share of indemnities moved 39 percent in 1989-1999, 17 percent in 2000-2009, 27 percent in 2010-2019, and 46 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse totaled 25 over 2021-2025, against 56 of 1357 for the full 2000-2025 record. Irrigated share of harvested cropland is 2 percent.
IN median $217 · tied for 42nd highest of 89
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
IN median $8,158 · 42nd lowest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 29th lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 25th lowest of 92
IN median 51% · 34th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami County | $218 | $280 2023 | $7,928 | 172.9 | $1.62 |
| Cass County | $237 | — | $8,138 | 189.6 | $1.20 |
| Fulton County | $208 | $302 | $7,558 | 177.3 | $0.86 |
| Grant County | $195 | — | $8,453 | — | $0.99 |
| Howard County | $255 | — | $5,875 | 192.7 | $0.77 |
| Wabash County | $201 | — | $8,802 | 176.5 | $2.39 |
| Median next door | $208 | $302 1 co. | $8,138 | 183.5 | $0.99 |
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. Miami 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/miami-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.