Adams County, Ohio
Adams County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $136 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,254 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Adams County runs $136 per acre in 2026, up 57.2 percent from 2016. Land value per the 2022 census sits at $5,254 per acre, up 35.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 6.2 percent a year. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 1.9 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 150.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 80.5 in 2012. Heat and drought account for 49 percent of indemnities paid since 1989, and that share moved 44 percent, 53 percent, 31 percent, 62 percent across the decades listed. Drought weeks were rare overall, 25 of 1357 weeks since 2000, and none from 2021-2025. Solar and wind capacity: none operating, none proposed.
OH median $168 · 30th lowest of 76
OH median $7,956 · 15th lowest of 87
OH median 169.9 · 10th lowest of 69
OH median $4.69 · 10th highest of 83
OH median 37% · 9th lowest of 87
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | $136 | $5,254 | 150.8 | $8.63 |
| Lewis County, KY | $91 2025 | $2,517 | — | $9.20 |
| Mason County, KY | $90 | $4,053 | 146.6 | $10.42 |
| Brown County | $161 | $5,850 | 172.9 | $6.16 |
| Highland County | $173 | $6,081 | 174.9 | $6.69 |
| Pike County | $147 | $3,899 | 170.7 | $7.23 |
| Scioto County | $107 | $4,857 | 157.8 | $6.13 |
| Median next door | $147 | $4,455 | 170.7 | $6.96 |
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. Adams County, Ohio. 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/ohio/adams-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.