County farm facts

Noble County, Indiana

Sales through Oct 31, 2026

Sold for
$10,500/ac
Middle of 45 bare farmland sales of 20+ acres, Nov 2024 to Oct 2026. Middle half $7,300 to $12,798. Two windows: this covers 24 months; the recorded-sales median further down covers the last 12 months, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 25 sales, $11,500 an acre. Every sale behind both.

Most Indiana sales are marked not valid for trending by the state.

Newest sales town, not parcel

Rent$190/ac NASS 2026, county average
Nearest bid
Rain

Recorded prices. Not an appraisal. No adjustments. A recorded price is what the state's transfer record says was paid once the sale closed, auction or private; never an asking price.

Sales: Indiana Department of Local Government Finance, sales disclosure forms (from STATS Indiana), farm parcels. Rent: USDA NASS.

Noble County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $190 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,064 an acre in the 2022 census. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18113. Figures as of Nov 5, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

203.1 bu

Corn yield, all practices, 2025: the highest of 18 published years since 2008.

USDA NASS county yields, 2025

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Noble County runs $190 an acre for 2026, up 26.7% from $150 in 2016. That sits under the state median of $217 and comes in tied for 23rd lowest of 89. The census value of land and buildings reached $9,064 an acre in 2022, up 41.8% from $6,394 in 2017, and ranks 26th highest of 89. Corn made 203.1 bu in 2025, against a 2021-25 average of 194.1 bu.

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: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · IN farm real estate 2026: $9,150 (land and buildings, state survey)
IN median $8,158 · 26th highest of 89
Corn yield, 2021-25 average
194.1 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2025 county yield 203.1 · irrigated and dryland combined · rent-per-bushel trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
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
Median sale price, bare land, 20+ acres
$11,500/ac
25 recorded bare farmland sales, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026; sales dated through Oct 31, 2026
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Class III milk futures
Feeder cattle futures
Lean hog futures

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Indiana cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Noble County: Churubusco (13 mi), Laotto (14 mi), Garrett (15 mi).

Nearby buyers within 50 miles: 3 ethanol plants, 2 oilseed crushers
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Straight-line miles from the middle of Noble County to each buyer’s town point (the middle of its town, not the gate), rounded. Capacity as published. Where the buyers are, not what they pay. Lists from Renewable Fuels Association, EIA, NOPA, read Oct 28, 2026.

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Noble County, Indiana

Drought, year by year

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 full years, 2021–202511 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
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 September, usual22.8 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 22.3 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 27, Oct 21middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days174middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September2,733middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 2,786

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

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.

Trend for rent per bushelCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2025 county yield203.1 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average194.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2025169.8 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2012: 105.7 bu/ac62% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.1 bu/ac a year±1.3 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

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.

Every published Indiana county rate, side by side: Indiana cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$190/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.7%nominal, $150 to $190
Irrigated, 2026$233/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2025)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel is withheld here: it needs the county trend, and the trend is withheld (see the corn yield section). The calculator below takes your own yield and price.

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 valueAbout 16% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
Indiana cropland, 2026 state survey$8,600/ac+4.2% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Indiana farm real estate, 2026$9,150/acland and buildings, state average
Indiana pasture, 2026$2,850/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Indiana average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Recorded farm sales

Sale counts and the median price buyers paid per acre in Noble County, from Indiana sales disclosure forms (Indiana Department of Local Government Finance), load here.

What has farmland sold for in Noble County, Indiana?

25 recorded market sales of bare farmland (no buildings by the property class, no forest), 20 or more acres, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026, with a median of $11,500 an acre; the middle half of sales fell between $7,503 and $13,663 an acre. Sales are dated through Oct 31, 2026. These are counted deed records from Indiana sales disclosure forms, not a model or an appraisal, and no buyer or seller is named.

Land sales: Recorded sales in Noble County, sale by sale.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Noble County.

PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Noble County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

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 2004 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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 22crop years 2004–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2012ratio 2.58, of the 22 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025area plans 31% · heat and drought 27% · other 23%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

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 FY2027–20291,401 ac28% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$167/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

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
Cattle and calves, 202213,404−15.8% since 2017
Milk cows, 20224,069head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 20221,948head, Census of Agriculture
Cattle on feed, 2022929head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 202245,182head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202240%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Noble County$190$233$9,064169.8$1.64
Allen County$219n/a$7,803178.8$2.81
DeKalb County$146n/a$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$199n/a$8,939174.6$3.34
Median next door$209$291 2 co.$8,793173.2$2.48

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Noble County, Indiana. Figures as of Nov 5, 2026, 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. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).