Starke County, Indiana
Starke County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $170 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,178 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 149.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18149. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Starke County runs $170 per acre, up 6.2 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land and buildings value came in at $7,178 per acre in 2022, up 43.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.5 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 2.8 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2024, with a median of 149.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 97.6 in 2015. Heat and drought drove 38 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, and that share moved from 39 percent in 1989-1999 to 34 percent in 2000-2009, 35 percent in 2010-2019, and 49 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over the ten closed crop years 2016-2025 was 0.53, below the 0.81 ratio for the full 1989-2025 period.
IN median $217 · tied for 14th lowest of 89
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
IN median $8,158 · 27th lowest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 2nd lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 22nd highest of 92
IN median 51% · 26th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starke County | $170 | $251 2024 | $7,178 | 149.5 | $4.22 |
| Jasper County | $235 | $277 | $8,477 | 174.2 | $1.60 |
| LaPorte County | $200 | $290 | $5,056 | 154.2 | $1.56 |
| Marshall County | $219 | $210 | $7,190 | 172.2 | $2.00 |
| Pulaski County | $217 | $233 | $9,173 | 164.1 | $1.97 |
| St. Joseph County | $196 | $312 | $8,309 | 161.9 | $3.03 |
| Median next door | $217 | $277 | $8,309 | 164.1 | $1.97 |
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. Starke 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/starke-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.