Whitley County, Indiana
Whitley County, IN: non-irrigated cash rent $199 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,939 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 174.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 18183. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Whitley County runs $199 per acre for 2026, up 38.2 percent from 2014. The census value of land and buildings stood at $8,939 per acre in 2022, with land value change 2017-2022 at 40.9 percent, or 7.1 percent a year. Corn yield trend over 2008-2025 runs 3.2 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 174.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 96.4 in 2012. Heat and drought made up 31 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share moved 20 percent, 16 percent, 35 percent, 33 percent across the listed periods. Irrigated cropland covers 1 percent of harvested acres, and severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county for 46 of 1357 weeks since 2000.
IN median $217 · 33rd lowest of 89
IN median $8,158 · 28th highest of 89
IN median 178.1 · 35th lowest of 76
IN median $2.54 · 33rd highest of 92
IN median 51% · 32nd 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitley County | $199 | — | $8,939 | 174.6 | $3.34 |
| Allen County | $219 | — | $7,803 | 178.8 | $2.81 |
| Huntington County | $200 | — | $8,495 | 181.9 | $2.85 |
| Kosciusko County | $219 | $284 2025 | $8,605 | 173.2 | $1.35 |
| Noble County | $190 | $233 | $9,064 | 169.8 | $1.64 |
| Wabash County | $201 | — | $8,802 | 176.5 | $2.39 |
| Median next door | $201 | $233 1 co. | $8,605 | 176.5 | $2.39 |
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. Whitley 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/whitley-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.