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Morgan County, Indiana

Morgan County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $190 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,642 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 179.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18109. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Morgan County runs $190 per acre in 2026, up 2.7 percent from 2016, against a census land value of $7,642 per acre, putting the rent-to-value ratio at 2.53 percent.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$190/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 23rd lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$7,642/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 38th lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.53%
$193 dry rent ÷ $7,642 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
179.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 195.1
IN median 178.1 · tied for 31st highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.43
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 15th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
51%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 45th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$147$190 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$190/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+2.7%nominal, $185 to $190
Pasture, 2026$72/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.97$190 ÷ 195.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,642/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,922/ac
Census 2017$6,289/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+21.5%+4.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.53%$193 ÷ $7,642; cropland 85% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024134.0200.0190.4median 179.8

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

Median, 2008–2025179.8 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025195.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 42.3 bu/ac24% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.5 bu/ac a year±3.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.535.230.211.00: 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$1.43
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.15claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.62$56.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 22
Worst year2012ratio 5.23
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 35% · other 27% · excess moisture 25%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250110

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, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.3 °F1991–2020 normal 64.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.12 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 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, 202226% of cropland28,971 ac
Farmed no-till, 202256% of cropland61,409 ac
Cover crops, 202211% of cropland12,009 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021141,110865

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

CRP enrolled, 2025865 ac0.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028292 ac34% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$250/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20223,947−26.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202251%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Morgan County$190$7,642179.8$1.43
Brown County$134$7,090—$4.52
Hendricks County$260$9,052183.4$1.55
Johnson County$228$10,532171.9$2.18
Marion County$185$11,101—$4.45
Monroe County$149$6,514160.7$8.03
Owen County$162$5,396160.5$5.77
Putnam County$224$8,265181.3$1.65
Median next door$185$8,265171.9$4.45

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. Morgan 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/morgan-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.