Farmland Atlas · county record

Pike County, Indiana

Pike County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $194 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,920 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 160.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18125. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Pike County runs $194 per acre in 2026, up 4.9 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $5,920 per acre, up 20.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, 3.7 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $63.6 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 52 percent. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 35 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, and there were 0 weeks from 2021-2025. Corn yield trended up 3.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2023, with a median of 160.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 57.8 in 2012. Solar stands at 210 MW operating, with 250 MW proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$194/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 26th lowest of 89
Land and buildings
$5,920/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 8th lowest of 89
Rent as % of land value
2.87%
$170 dry rent ÷ $5,920 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
160.8 bu/ac
10 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.68
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 15th highest of 92
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 24th lowest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$142$194 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$194/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+4.9%nominal, $185 to $194
Pasture, 2025$72/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,920/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,271/ac
Census 2017$4,931/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.1%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.87%$170 ÷ $5,920; cropland 77% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022153.0155.0146.157.8169.1170.7146.5181.4166.7199.1median 160.8

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

Median, 2008–2023160.8 bu/ac10 published years
Lowest published year2012: 57.8 bu/ac36% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+3.3 bu/ac a year±5.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.433.950.691.00: 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$5.68
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.45claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.72$63.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 22
Worst year2012ratio 3.95
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 52% · heat and drought 38% · price decline (revenue policies) 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250160

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, 2000–202535 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201216 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.5 °F1991–2020 normal 66.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.25 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202230% of cropland20,400 ac
Farmed no-till, 202253% of cropland35,947 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland6,325 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213984,4603,814

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,814 ac5.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,934 ac51% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$219/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025210 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Pike County$194—$5,920—$5.68
Daviess County$255$285$9,072187.7$3.91
Dubois County$200—$7,380179.8$3.46
Gibson County$216—$7,732181.5$3.86
Knox County$229$239$8,068180.2$2.68
Warrick County$175—$6,707161.2$6.45
Median next door$216$262 2 co.$7,732180.2$3.86

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. Pike 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/pike-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.