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Warrick County, Indiana

Warrick County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $175 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,707 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18173. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Warrick County stands at $175 per acre in 2026, up 25 percent from 2016. The July average nightly low for 2017-2026 is 68.5 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.3 F, with the decade trend showing no clear direction.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$175/ac

2026 county average
IN median $217 · 17th lowest of 89

Land and buildings

$6,707/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 21st lowest of 89

Rent as % of land value

2.46%

$165 dry rent ÷ $6,707 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2023 median

161.2 bu/ac

recent level 2019–2023: 178.0
IN median 178.1 · tied for 10th lowest of 76

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$6.45

2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 9th highest of 92

Farmland rented

56%

2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 30th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$175/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+25.0%nominal, $140 to $175

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,707/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$4,856/ac

Census 2017$5,429/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+23.5%+4.3% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.46%$165 ÷ $6,707; cropland 87% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2023161.2 bu/ac15 published years

Recent level, 2019–2023178.0 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2012: 51.1 bu/ac32% of median

Trend, 2008–2023+3.3 bu/ac a year±3.9 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$6.45

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.49claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.75$69.5 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium4 of 22

Worst year2012ratio 4.15

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · heat and drought 38% · price decline (revenue policies) 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202539 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201216 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.5 °F1991–2020 normal 67.3 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.30 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September26.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 202237% of cropland39,185 ac

Farmed no-till, 202239% of cropland42,096 ac

Cover crops, 202217% of cropland18,016 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025963 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028327 ac34% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$175/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 20224,429+26.3% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Warrick County	$175	$6,707	161.2	$6.45
Dubois County	$200	$7,380	179.8	$3.46
Gibson County	$216	$7,732	181.5	$3.86
Pike County	$194	$5,920	—	$5.68
Spencer County	$185	$6,525	171.8	$2.63
Vanderburgh County	$233	$7,553	179.6	$3.40
Daviess County, KY	$207	$4,683	176.2	$3.96
Henderson County, KY	$236	$6,088	172.8	$5.19
Median next door	$207	$6,525	177.9	$3.86

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. Warrick 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/warrick-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.

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