Montgomery County, Indiana
Montgomery County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $287 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,819 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 197.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18107. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Montgomery County runs $287 per acre, up 8.3 percent from 2014 to 2026. Census land value sits at $8,819 per acre, with the 2017-2022 change at 26.3 percent, 4.8 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 3.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 197.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 104.5 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities for 1989-2025 total $86.3 million, and heat and drought is the largest cause at 52 percent; the loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 0.14. Drought weeks stayed low across 2000-2025, with 25 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse and only 3 of those in 2021-2025.
IN median $217 · 4th highest of 89
IN median $8,158 · 29th highest of 89
IN median 178.1 · highest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 5th lowest of 92
IN median 51% · 40th 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | $287 | — | $8,819 | 197.9 | $0.89 |
| Boone County | $264 | — | $9,472 | 187.1 | $1.74 |
| Clinton County | $298 | — | $9,492 | 191.5 | $1.56 |
| Fountain County | $265 | — | $8,277 | — | $1.47 |
| Hendricks County | $260 | — | $9,052 | 183.4 | $1.55 |
| Parke County | $197 | — | $7,262 | — | $1.54 |
| Putnam County | $224 | — | $8,265 | 181.3 | $1.65 |
| Tippecanoe County | $267 | $337 2024 | $8,601 | 185.1 | $1.02 |
| Median next door | $264 | — | $8,601 | 185.1 | $1.55 |
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. Montgomery 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/montgomery-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.