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Sullivan County, Indiana

Sullivan County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $230 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,203 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 179.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18153. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Sullivan County averages $230 per acre for 2026, up 39.4 percent from 2016. Census land value sits at $6,203 per acre, up 24.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.5 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 1.9 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 179.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 155.2 in 2011. July nightly lows averaged 67.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 65.7 F normal, with no clear direction in the longer trend since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$230/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · tied for 31st highest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$291/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,203/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 14th lowest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
179.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 193.0 · irrigated and dryland combined
IN median 178.1 · 34th highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.04
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 25th highest of 92
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 36th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$120$230 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$230/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+39.4%nominal, $165 to $230
Irrigated, 2024$291/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,203/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,178/ac
Census 2017$4,977/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.6%+4.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 11% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024164.0201.4178.8median 179.4

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

Median, 2008–2025179.4 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025193.0 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 155.2 bu/ac87% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.9 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1998200320082013201820231.774.231.181.00: 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$4.04
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.39claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.65$92.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 28
Worst year2012ratio 4.23
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 52% · heat and drought 37% · other 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250120

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, 2000–202533 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201212 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20255 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.3 °F1991–2020 normal 65.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.30 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202211%
Drained by tile, 202222% of cropland33,104 ac
Farmed no-till, 202234% of cropland51,907 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland4,663 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021133,0202,144

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,144 ac1.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028422 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$210/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025255.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,591−19.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Sullivan County$230$291 2024$6,203179.4$4.04
Clark County, IL$248—$7,770198.1$1.60
Crawford County, IL$200$227$6,710172.5$2.94
Clay County$218$203 2025$6,679183.9$3.18
Greene County$197—$5,946—$7.81
Knox County$229$239$8,068180.2$2.68
Vigo County$244—$5,886171.7$4.47
Median next door$224$233 2 co.$6,695180.2$3.06

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. Sullivan 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/sullivan-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.
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.