Farmland Atlas · county record

Owen County, Indiana

Owen County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $162 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,396 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 160.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Owen County runs $162 per acre. Census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $5,396 per acre, up 18.8 percent from 2017, or 3.5 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $43.4 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 51 percent. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 22 percent in 1989-1999 to 9 percent in 2000-2009, up to 46 percent in 2010-2019, then down to 19 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland in the county was irrigated as of the 2022 census, and there were 0 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$162/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 12th lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$5,396/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 3rd lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
3.15%
$170 dry rent ÷ $5,396 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
160.5 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 176.4
IN median 178.1 · 7th lowest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 13th highest of 92
Farmland rented
33%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 14th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$114$162 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$162/ac
Pasture, 2026$30/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.92$162 ÷ 176.4 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,396/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,396/ac
Census 2017$4,543/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+18.8%+3.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.15%$170 ÷ $5,396; cropland 61% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024135.0191.8163.9median 160.5

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

Median, 2008–2024160.5 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024176.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 41.0 bu/ac26% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+4.0 bu/ac a year±3.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720220.164.851.411.00: 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$5.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.48claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.85$43.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 19
Worst year2012ratio 4.85
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · heat and drought 33% · other 8%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, 2000–202523 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201211 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.2 °F1991–2020 normal 63.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.13 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 202212% of cropland5,349 ac
Farmed no-till, 202233% of cropland15,370 ac
Cover crops, 202211% of cropland4,862 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211985,8161,745

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,745 ac4.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028423 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$175/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20224,550−37.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202233%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Owen County$162—$5,396160.5$5.77
Clay County$218$203 2025$6,679183.9$3.18
Greene County$197—$5,946—$7.81
Monroe County$149—$6,514160.7$8.03
Morgan County$190—$7,642179.8$1.43
Putnam County$224—$8,265181.3$1.65
Median next door$197—$6,679180.6$3.18

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. Owen 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/owen-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.
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"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.