St. Joseph County, Indiana
St. Joseph County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $196 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,309 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18141. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in St. Joseph County runs $196 per acre in 2026, up 22.5 percent from 2016. Irrigated land commands $312 per acre, a multiple of 1.59 in 2026 versus 1.48 in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Corn yield trend is rising at 2 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 161.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 133.9 in 2012. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities at 33 percent, and heat and drought's share of losses moved 37 percent, 39 percent, 16 percent, then 54 percent across the four listed periods. Land value sits at $8,309 per acre in the 2022 census, up 2.7 percent from 2017.
IN median $217 · tied for 29th lowest of 89
IN median $276 · highest of 14
IN median $8,158 · 42nd highest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 12th lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 36th highest of 92
IN median 51% · 44th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph County | $196 | $312 | $8,309 | 161.9 | $3.03 |
| Elkhart County | $230 | $307 | $11,769 | 173.2 | $2.15 |
| LaPorte County | $200 | $290 | $5,056 | 154.2 | $1.56 |
| Marshall County | $219 | $210 | $7,190 | 172.2 | $2.00 |
| Starke County | $170 | $251 2024 | $7,178 | 149.5 | $4.22 |
| Berrien County, MI | $125 | $240 | $6,476 | — | $9.74 |
| Cass County, MI | $126 | $280 | $5,984 | 158.8 | $3.83 |
| Median next door | $185 | $280 | $6,827 | 158.8 | $2.99 |
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. St. Joseph 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/st-joseph-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.