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Clermont County, Ohio

Clermont County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $129 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,599 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 170.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 averages $129 per acre. Census land value in 2022 stood at $7,599 per acre, up 35.6 percent from 2017, or 6.3 percent a year. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, and water stress has been minor: 25 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse since 2000, with 0 weeks from 2021-2025. Excess moisture and flood, not heat, has driven claims, accounting for 39 percent of the $32.0 million paid out over 1989-2025; heat and drought's share fell from 50 percent in 1989-1999 to 16 percent in 2000-2009, then rose to 22 percent in 2010-2019 and 27 percent in 2020-2025. Solar operating capacity is 80 MW, with 0 MW proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$129/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · tied for 28th lowest of 76
Land and buildings
$7,599/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 34th lowest of 87
Rent as % of land value
1.96%
$149 dry rent ÷ $7,599 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
170.4 bu/ac
13 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.30
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 31st highest of 83
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 35th highest of 87

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140$1602010201520202025$71$129 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$129/ac
Pasture, 2026$19/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,599/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,106/ac
Census 2017$5,605/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.6%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.96%$149 ÷ $7,599; cropland 70% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022117.0195.0176.5median 170.4

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

Median, 2008–2022170.4 bu/ac13 published years
Lowest published year2012: 115.2 bu/ac68% of median
Trend, 2008–2022+3.6 bu/ac a year±2.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920241.562.091.841.00: 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$5.30
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.53claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.61$32.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 22
Worst year2008ratio 2.09
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 39% · area plans 31% · heat and drought 22%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250150

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, 2000–202525 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200715 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.3 °F1991–2020 normal 64.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.29 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 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, 2022under 1% of cropland150 ac
Farmed no-till, 202246% of cropland27,578 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,013 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210232137

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

CRP enrolled, 2025137 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202860 ac44% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$146/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record16Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth71 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202580 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,228−33.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Clermont County$129$7,599—$5.30
Bracken County, KY$71$3,229—$10.41
Campbell County, KY$45$6,228——
Pendleton County, KY$50$4,055—$10.03
Brown County$161$5,850172.9$6.16
Clinton County$170$8,247193.5$2.83
Hamilton County$167 2025$13,985—$3.34
Warren County$140$10,500176.6$4.89
Median next door$106$6,228176.6$5.53

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. Clermont 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/clermont-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.