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Perry County, Indiana

Perry County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $127 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,209 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 172.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Perry County stands at $127 per acre against a census land value of $5,209 per acre, a yield ratio of 1.76 percent. Land value rose 29.8 percent from 2017-2022, or 5.4 percent a year. The median corn yield runs 172.4 bushels per acre over 2008-2025, with the worst year at 129.8 bushels per acre in 2011.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$127/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$5,209/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 2nd lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
1.76%
$92 dry rent ÷ $5,209 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
172.4 bu/ac
9 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.11
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 24th highest of 92
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 7th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$70$127 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$127/ac
Pasture, 2026$45/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,209/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,999/ac
Census 2017$4,013/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+29.8%+5.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.76%$92 ÷ $5,209; cropland 53% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024145.0161.0132.6129.8172.5179.6179.7172.4180.2median 172.4

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

Median, 2008–2025172.4 bu/ac9 published years
Lowest published year2011: 129.8 bu/ac75% of median

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.822.810.811.00: 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$4.11
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.37claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.56$14.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium1 of 15
Worst year2012ratio 2.81
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 51% · excess moisture 41% · price decline (revenue policies) 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250140

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, 2000–202543 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201214 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.0 °F1991–2020 normal 65.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.06 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% 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, 20222%
Drained by tile, 202228% of cropland9,809 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland14,469 ac
Cover crops, 202221% of cropland7,222 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211312,787662

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

CRP enrolled, 2025662 ac2.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028268 ac41% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$128/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20254.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,407+2.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Perry County$127$5,209—$4.11
Crawford County$115 2025$4,347—$6.12
Dubois County$200$7,380179.8$3.46
Spencer County$185$6,525171.8$2.63
Breckinridge County, KY$127$3,848149.8$7.97
Hancock County, KY$160$4,217—$4.51
Meade County, KY$174$5,432166.5$3.89
Median next door$174$4,890169.2$4.20

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Perry 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/perry-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.