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Porter County, Indiana

Porter County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $195 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,579 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18127. Figures as of 2026-10-06.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$195/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 27th lowest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$306/ac
2026 county average
IN median $276 · 3rd highest of 14
Land and buildings
$9,579/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 14th highest of 89
Corn yield, 2019-23 average
184.1 bu/ac
high and low dropped · 2023 county yield 201.7 · irrigated and dryland combined · trend withheld: county yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.16
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 39th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
50%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 43rd lowest of 92
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Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$124$195 dry$237$306 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Indiana county rate, side by side: Indiana cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$195/ac
Irrigated, 2026$306/ac
Rent as a share of corn grossCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres (2023)

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 15-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,579/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,993/ac
Census 2017$6,766/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+41.6%+7.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census valueAbout 10% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022167.0201.7median 177.4

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

15-yr trendCounty yield mixes irrigated and dryland acres
2023 county yield201.7 bu/acall practices
2019-23 average184.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2023177.4 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2015: 151.5 bu/ac85% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+2.2 bu/ac a year±1.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.141.830.111.00: 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$2.16
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.37claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.42$31.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 22
Worst year2014ratio 1.83
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 40% · heat and drought 24% · price decline (revenue policies) 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202511160

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, 2000–202550 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200316 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.8 °F1991–2020 normal 62.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.26 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202220% of cropland21,380 ac
Farmed no-till, 202226% of cropland27,581 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland7,645 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021153,256911

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

CRP enrolled, 2025911 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029139 ac15% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$188/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20252.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,043−51.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202250%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Porter County$195$306$9,579177.4$2.16
Jasper County$235$277$8,477174.2$1.60
LaPorte County$200$290$5,056154.2$1.56
Lake County$186n/a$7,916167.4$2.73
Median next door$200$284 2 co.$7,916167.4$1.60

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. Porter County, Indiana. Figures as of 2026-10-06, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/indiana/porter-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

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