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Champaign County, Ohio

Champaign County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $217 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,173 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 180.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent here is $217 per acre in 2026, up 18.6 percent from 2016. Land value came in at $9,173 per acre in 2022, up 27.9 percent from 2017, and rent equals 2.21 percent of that value. Irrigation covers 3 percent of harvested cropland, and irrigation failure has paid 0 million dollars in claims.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$217/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · tied for 14th highest of 76
Land and buildings
$9,173/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 22nd highest of 87
Rent as % of land value
2.21%
$203 dry rent ÷ $9,173 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
180.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 196.4
OH median 169.9 · 7th highest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.62
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 10th lowest of 83
Farmland rented
52%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 20th highest of 87

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$133$217 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$217/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+18.6%nominal, $183 to $217
Pasture, 2026$57/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.10$217 ÷ 196.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$9,173/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,359/ac
Census 2017$7,170/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+27.9%+5.1% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.21%$203 ÷ $9,173; cropland 89% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024140.0203.3191.9median 180.6

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

Median, 2008–2025180.6 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025196.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 121.9 bu/ac68% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.2 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.145.070.411.00: 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$2.62
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.38claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.52$71.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 26
Worst year2002ratio 5.07
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 53% · excess moisture 17% · area plans 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025091

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, 2000–202511 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20249 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.2 °F1991–2020 normal 62.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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, 202239% of cropland74,620 ac
Farmed no-till, 202254% of cropland105,027 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland5,521 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211467,2573,458

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,458 ac1.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,071 ac31% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$247/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record130Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth93 ft
Solar and wind operating, 2025144 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20229,687+12.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202252%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Champaign County$217$9,173180.6$2.62
Clark County$247$9,200189.5$3.32
Logan County$202$8,497168.3$5.03
Madison County$237$9,260175.6$3.56
Miami County$212$10,549179.4$2.09
Shelby County$256$10,560172.7$3.13
Union County$194$8,151179.8$4.25
Median next door$225$9,230177.5$3.44

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. Champaign 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/champaign-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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"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.