Ohio County, Indiana
Ohio County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $90 an acre (2025); land and buildings $6,126 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Ohio County runs $90 per acre, against a census land value of $6,126 per acre in 2022. Land value rose 40.2 percent from 2017-2022, 7 percent a year. Cropland here is not irrigated; the 2022 census found 0 percent of harvested cropland irrigated. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 at 45 percent, though its share by period moved 49 percent, 41 percent, 50 percent, then 33 percent, not a steady climb. July nights have warmed: the 1991-2020 normal low is 65.2 F, the 2017-2026 average is 67.4 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.56 F per decade. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
IN median $8,158 · 11th lowest of 89
IN median $2.54 · 18th highest of 92
IN median 51% · 9th 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio County | $90 2025 | $6,126 | — | $4.77 |
| Dearborn County | $147 | $6,735 | 160.6 | $10.02 |
| Ripley County | $174 | $6,590 | 168.6 | $8.05 |
| Switzerland County | $134 | $7,606 | 158.2 | $6.70 |
| Boone County, KY | $45 | $8,920 | 145.1 | $8.74 |
| Median next door | $141 | $7,171 | 159.4 | $8.40 |
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. Ohio 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/ohio-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.