Steuben County, Indiana
Steuben County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $153 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,158 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18151. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Steuben County averages $153 per acre for 2026, up 25.4 percent from 2014. Census land value stood at $8,158 per acre in 2022, up 47.3 percent from 2017, 8.1 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 4 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 150 bushels per acre and a worst year of 87.4 in 2012. Heat and drought made up 45 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, fell to 13 percent in 2000-2009 and 10 percent in 2010-2019, then rose to 43 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks stayed low overall, 47 of 1357 weeks since 2000, with 12 of those weeks in 2021-2025. Solar and wind capacity: 0 MW.
IN median $217 · 9th lowest of 89
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
IN median $8,158 · 45th lowest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 3rd lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 28th highest of 92
IN median 51% · 46th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben County | $153 | — | $8,158 | 150.0 | $3.55 |
| DeKalb County | $146 | — | $8,646 | 162.1 | $4.21 |
| LaGrange County | $159 | $274 | $14,455 | 142.8 | $1.79 |
| Branch County, MI | $133 | $190 | $5,315 | 157.9 | $4.00 |
| Hillsdale County, MI | $150 | $233 | $5,493 | 156.2 | $4.53 |
| Williams County, OH | $206 | — | $7,565 | 167.3 | $5.61 |
| Median next door | $150 | $233 | $7,565 | 157.9 | $4.21 |
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. Steuben 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/steuben-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.