Farmland Atlas · county record

Noble County, Indiana

Noble County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $190 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,064 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18113. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Noble County runs $190 per acre in 2026, up 26.7 percent from 2016. Land value carries at $9,064 per acre in the 2022 census, the operators' own estimate, up 41.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.2 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 4.1 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 169.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 105.7 in 2012. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 33 percent, 16 percent, 28 percent, 44 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. The crop insurance loss ratio for 2016-2025 sits at 0.25, with $1.64 paid per $100 of insured value. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$190/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 23rd lowest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$233/ac
2026 county average
IN median $276 · tied for 3rd lowest of 14
Land and buildings
$9,064/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 26th highest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
169.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 194.1 · irrigated and dryland combined
IN median 178.1 · tied for 21st lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.64
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 26th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
40%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 20th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$107$190 dry$203$233 irrigated

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+26.7%nominal, $150 to $190
Irrigated, 2026$233/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,064/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,834/ac
Census 2017$6,394/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+41.8%+7.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 16% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024132.0203.1median 169.8

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

Median, 2008–2025169.8 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025194.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 105.7 bu/ac62% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.1 bu/ac a year±1.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920241.012.580.061.00: 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$1.64
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.25claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.52$41.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 22
Worst year2012ratio 2.58
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025area plans 31% · heat and drought 27% · other 23%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025160

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, 2000–202555 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200016 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.4 °F1991–2020 normal 61.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.12 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202216%
Drained by tile, 202253% of cropland73,998 ac
Farmed no-till, 202246% of cropland64,553 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland12,839 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202153119,2494,963

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,963 ac3.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,601 ac32% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$167/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202213,404−15.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202240%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Noble County$190$233$9,064169.8$1.64
Allen County$219—$7,803178.8$2.81
DeKalb County$146—$8,646162.1$4.21
Elkhart County$230$307$11,769173.2$2.15
Kosciusko County$219$284 2025$8,605173.2$1.35
LaGrange County$159$274$14,455142.8$1.79
Whitley County$199—$8,939174.6$3.34
Median next door$209$291 2 co.$8,793173.2$2.48

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. Noble 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/noble-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.