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Parke County, Indiana

Parke County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $197 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,262 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 173.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Parke County, IN sits at $197 per acre in 2026, up 9.4 percent from 2016, against a census land value of $7,262 per acre. Severe drought touched the county in just 20 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2 weeks recorded in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$197/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 31st lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$7,262/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 30th lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.86%
$208 dry rent ÷ $7,262 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
173.1 bu/ac
13 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.54
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · tied for 19th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 35th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$125$197 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$197/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+9.4%nominal, $180 to $197
Pasture, 2026$35/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,262/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,169/ac
Census 2017$5,840/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.3%+4.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.86%$208 ÷ $7,262; cropland 74% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022149.0196.7183.4median 173.1

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

Median, 2008–2022173.1 bu/ac13 published years
Lowest published year2012: 64.2 bu/ac37% of median
Trend, 2008–2022+3.8 bu/ac a year±4.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.255.300.121.00: 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$1.54
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.18claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.62$69.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 26
Worst year2012ratio 5.30
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 37% · heat and drought 34% · other 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020251110

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, 2000–202520 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201211 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20252 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.5 °F1991–2020 normal 63.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.12 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 202235% of cropland44,895 ac
Farmed no-till, 202221% of cropland27,523 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland10,453 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021103,4193,352

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,352 ac2.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,181 ac35% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$210/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20228,372−7.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Parke County$197—$7,262—$1.54
Clay County$218$203 2025$6,679183.9$3.18
Fountain County$265—$8,277—$1.47
Montgomery County$287—$8,819197.9$0.89
Putnam County$224—$8,265181.3$1.65
Vermillion County$270—$8,513185.6$1.74
Vigo County$244—$5,886171.7$4.47
Median next door$255—$8,271183.9$1.70

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. Parke 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/parke-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.