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Carroll County, Ohio

Carroll County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $65 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,992 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 123.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value sits at $5,992 per acre, up 27.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, so rent is 0.96 percent of land value. The county has no irrigated cropland and no solar or wind capacity operating or proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$65/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 11th lowest of 76
Land and buildings
$5,992/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 22nd lowest of 87
Rent as % of land value
0.96%
$58 dry rent ÷ $5,992 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
123.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 136.2
OH median 169.9 · lowest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.49
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 2nd highest of 83
Farmland rented
31%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 31st lowest of 87

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$30$65 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$65/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−1.5%nominal, $66 to $65
Pasture, 2026$24/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.47$65 ÷ 136.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,992/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,718/ac
Census 2017$4,710/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+27.2%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.96%$58 ÷ $5,992; cropland 55% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202490.0155.497.5median 123.5

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

Median, 2008–2025123.5 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025136.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 82.0 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.6 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20112016202120230.241.390.320.920.511.00: 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$15.49
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.15claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.93$18.9 million paid
Worst year2012ratio 1.39
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 59% · excess moisture 29% · price decline (revenue policies) 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025083

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+ weeks20248 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.0 °F1991–2020 normal 61.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.72 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% 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, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland3,976 ac
Farmed no-till, 202236% of cropland22,111 ac
Cover crops, 202211% of cropland6,683 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211732,72160

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

CRP enrolled, 202560 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20281 ac
Irrigation wells on record96Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth175 ft
Cattle and calves, 202214,076−14.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202231%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Carroll County$65$5,992123.5$15.49
Columbiana County$94$7,379148.8$4.70
Harrison County$51$5,421—$4.85
Jefferson County$46$5,780139.3$24.60
Stark County$88$10,369151.0$4.51
Tuscarawas County$120$7,082151.2$6.49
Median next door$88$7,082149.9$4.85

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. Carroll 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/carroll-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.