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White County, Indiana

White County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $263 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,606 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 182.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18181. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in White County stands at $263 per acre in 2026, up 9.6 percent from 2014, against a census land value of $10,606 per acre.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$263/ac
2026 county average
IN median $217 · 12th highest of 89
Cash rent, irrigated
$266/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$10,606/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IN median $8,158 · 7th highest of 89
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
182.6 bu/ac
16 published years
IN median 178.1 · 23rd highest of 76
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.11
2016–2025, closed crop years
IN median $2.54 · 9th lowest of 92
Farmland rented
65%
2022 census, rented from others
IN median 51% · 5th highest of 92

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$168$263 dry$238$266 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$263/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+9.6%nominal, $240 to $263
Irrigated, 2020$266/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$10,606/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,837/ac
Census 2017$7,815/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.7%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.22%$235 ÷ $10,606; cropland 93% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024191.0205.1median 182.6

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

Median, 2008–2025182.6 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2012: 115.6 bu/ac63% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.7 bu/ac a year±2.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020251.164.280.171.00: 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$1.11
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.19claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.58$123.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 31
Worst year2012ratio 4.28
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 39% · excess moisture 32% · price decline (revenue policies) 10%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, 2000–202534 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200015 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.5 °F1991–2020 normal 62.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.11 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 90% 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, 20223%
Drained by tile, 202260% of cropland168,207 ac
Farmed no-till, 202214% of cropland40,135 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland6,295 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021463,8562,289

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,289 ac0.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028670 ac29% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$277/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025550 MW solar · 1,217.2 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20227,466−7.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202265%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
White County$263—$10,606182.6$1.11
Benton County$300—$10,011194.6$0.49
Carroll County$275—$9,332195.8$0.83
Cass County$237—$8,138189.6$1.20
Jasper County$235$277$8,477174.2$1.60
Pulaski County$217$233$9,173164.1$1.97
Tippecanoe County$267$337 2024$8,601185.1$1.02
Median next door$252$255 2 co.$8,887187.4$1.11

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. White 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/white-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.