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Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Tippecanoe County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $267 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,601 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 185.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18157. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $267 per acre, up 18.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value sits at $8,601 per acre, down 4.7 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 3.6 bushels per acre a year on a median of 185.1 bushels per acre, with 2012 the worst year at 112. Heat and drought account for 51 percent of indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share was 66 percent in 1989-1999, 16 percent in 2000-2009, 53 percent in 2010-2019, and 67 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 4 percent of harvested cropland, all from groundwater, and the loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 0.14.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$267/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 9th highest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$337/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$8,601/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 36th highest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
185.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 216.5
IN median 178.1 · tied for 17th highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.02
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 8th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
62%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 13th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$300$3502010201520202025$158$267 dry$285$337 irrigated

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$267/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+18.7%nominal, $225 to $267
Irrigated, 2024$337/ac
Pasture, 2026$45/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.23$267 ÷ 216.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,601/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,731/ac
Census 2017$9,027/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−4.7%−1.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.58%$222 ÷ $8,601; cropland 90% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024180.0233.4median 185.1

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

Median, 2008–2025185.1 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025216.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 112.0 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.6 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.453.580.021.00: 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$1.02
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.14claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.40$65.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 30
Worst year2012ratio 3.58
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 51% · excess moisture 28% · other 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025150

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, 2000–202538 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200015 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.2 °F1991–2020 normal 63.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.08 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 202259% of cropland125,187 ac
Farmed no-till, 202231% of cropland65,127 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland11,234 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,6902,644

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,644 ac1.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028644 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$279/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,486−27.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202262%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Tippecanoe County$267$337 2024$8,601185.1$1.02
Benton County$300—$10,011194.6$0.49
Carroll County$275—$9,332195.8$0.83
Clinton County$298—$9,492191.5$1.56
Fountain County$265—$8,277—$1.47
Montgomery County$287—$8,819197.9$0.89
Warren County$303—$7,338191.6$0.92
White County$263—$10,606182.6$1.11
Median next door$287—$9,332193.1$0.92

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Tippecanoe 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/tippecanoe-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.