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.
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.
IN median $217 · 12th lowest of 89
IN median $8,158 · 3rd lowest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 7th lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 13th highest of 92
IN median 51% · 14th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen County | $162 | — | $5,396 | 160.5 | $5.77 |
| Clay County | $218 | $203 2025 | $6,679 | 183.9 | $3.18 |
| Greene County | $197 | — | $5,946 | — | $7.81 |
| Monroe County | $149 | — | $6,514 | 160.7 | $8.03 |
| Morgan County | $190 | — | $7,642 | 179.8 | $1.43 |
| Putnam County | $224 | — | $8,265 | 181.3 | $1.65 |
| Median next door | $197 | — | $6,679 | 180.6 | $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-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.