Union County, Indiana
Union County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $220 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,913 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 195.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18161. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Union County stands at $220 per acre in 2026, up 17 percent from 2016. The census-estimated land value is $9,913 per acre in 2022, after a 56.4 percent increase from 2017 to 2022, or 9.4 percent a year. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 2.9 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 195.8 bushels per acre and a low of 91.7 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025, at 67 percent, with its share rising from 39 percent in 1989-1999, 40 percent in 2000-2009, 78 percent in 2010-2019, and 61 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were absent from 2021-2025, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
IN median $217 · 38th highest of 89
IN median $8,158 · 13th highest of 89
IN median 178.1 · tied for 2nd highest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 11th lowest of 92
IN median 51% · 25th 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County | $220 | $9,913 | 195.8 | $1.22 |
| Fayette County | $255 | $9,205 | 182.8 | $1.47 |
| Franklin County | $177 | $8,458 | 180.8 | $3.53 |
| Wayne County | $214 | $7,341 | 179.3 | $2.42 |
| Butler County, OH | $165 | $9,017 | 167.5 | $4.23 |
| Preble County, OH | $232 | $8,645 | 182.2 | $1.42 |
| Median next door | $214 | $8,645 | 180.8 | $2.42 |
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. Union 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/union-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.