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Auglaize County, Ohio

Auglaize County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $234 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,250 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 171.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Auglaize County is $234 per acre in 2026, up 14.7 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 stood at $10,250 per acre, up 25.9 percent from 2017, 4.7 percent a year. Corn yield trend across 2008-2025 runs 4 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 171.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 104.5 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities across 1989-2025 at 48 percent, and its share by period reads 44 percent, 63 percent, 39 percent, 52 percent. Drought weeks stayed low, 17 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 6 in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$234/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 6th highest of 76
Land and buildings
$10,250/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 11th highest of 87
Rent as % of land value
2.08%
$213 dry rent ÷ $10,250 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
171.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 196.3
OH median 169.9 · 29th highest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.90
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · tied for 14th lowest of 83
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 36th highest of 87

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$112$234 dry

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$234/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+14.7%nominal, $204 to $234
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.19$234 ÷ 196.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$10,250/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,044/ac
Census 2017$8,141/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+25.9%+4.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.08%$213 ÷ $10,250; cropland 93% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024127.0210.0199.0median 171.8

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

Median, 2008–2025171.8 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025196.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 104.5 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.0 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.452.350.301.00: 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$2.90
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.40claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.58$73.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 23
Worst year2008ratio 2.35
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 48% · excess moisture 30% · price decline (revenue policies) 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202564

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, 2000–202517 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20006 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20256 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.6 °F1991–2020 normal 63.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.36 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 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, 202271% of cropland152,572 ac
Farmed no-till, 202240% of cropland86,101 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland15,757 ac
198619911996200120062011201620218310,5684,947

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,947 ac2.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,315 ac27% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$286/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record85Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth166 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202517.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202229,091+9.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Auglaize County$234$10,250171.8$2.90
Allen County$226$8,341169.9$2.85
Hardin County$250$9,197166.8$4.87
Logan County$202$8,497168.3$5.03
Mercer County$280 2025$12,513175.0$2.40
Shelby County$256$10,560172.7$3.13
Van Wert County$225$9,658168.7$1.89
Median next door$226$9,428169.3$2.99

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Auglaize 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/auglaize-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.
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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.