Farmland Atlas · county record

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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$287/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 4th highest of 89
Land and buildings
$8,819/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 29th highest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.95%
$260 dry rent ÷ $8,819 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
197.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 224.2
IN median 178.1 · highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$0.89
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 5th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
49%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 40th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$166$287 dry

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$287/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+8.3%nominal, $265 to $287
Pasture, 2025$55/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.28$287 ÷ 224.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,819/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,585/ac
Census 2017$6,984/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.3%+4.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.95%$260 ÷ $8,819; cropland 89% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024172.0228.4median 197.9

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

Median, 2008–2025197.9 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025224.2 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 104.5 bu/ac53% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.8 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1998200320082013201820230.255.910.041.00: 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$0.89
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.14claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.46$86.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium1 of 28
Worst year2012ratio 5.91
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · excess moisture 17% · other 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025110

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, 2000–202525 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201211 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20253 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.4 °F1991–2020 normal 62.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.03 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202261% of cropland136,044 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland91,621 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland7,343 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202165,8605,093

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,093 ac2.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,225 ac44% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$271/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202527.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20224,123−7.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202249%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Montgomery County$287—$8,819197.9$0.89
Boone County$264—$9,472187.1$1.74
Clinton County$298—$9,492191.5$1.56
Fountain County$265—$8,277—$1.47
Hendricks County$260—$9,052183.4$1.55
Parke County$197—$7,262—$1.54
Putnam County$224—$8,265181.3$1.65
Tippecanoe County$267$337 2024$8,601185.1$1.02
Median next door$264—$8,601185.1$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-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.