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Hancock County, Ohio

Hancock County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $212 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,296 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 171.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Hancock County is $212 per acre in 2026, up 23.3 percent from 2016. Land value reached $8,296 per acre in 2022, up 37.3 percent from 2017, with rent equal to 2.24 percent of that value. July nights have warmed to 65.1 F average low over 2017-2026, up from 63.1 F in the 1991-2020 normal.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$212/ac

2026 county average
OH median $168 · tied for 17th highest of 76

Land and buildings

$8,296/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 36th highest of 87

Rent as % of land value

2.24%

$186 dry rent ÷ $8,296 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

171.2 bu/ac

15 published years
OH median 169.9 · tied for 30th highest of 69

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$3.96

2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 30th lowest of 83

Farmland rented

53%

2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 13th highest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$212/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+23.3%nominal, $172 to $212

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,296/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$4,731/ac

Census 2017$6,042/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+37.3%+6.5% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.24%$186 ÷ $8,296; cropland 94% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2025171.2 bu/ac15 published years

Lowest published year2008: 126.0 bu/ac74% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+2.6 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$3.96

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.57claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.56$90.0 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium2 of 23

Worst year2019ratio 4.03

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 44% · heat and drought 28% · area plans 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202513 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks20257 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.1 °F1991–2020 normal 63.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September21.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 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, 202266% of cropland155,798 ac

Farmed no-till, 202235% of cropland82,208 ac

Cover crops, 20228% of cropland18,139 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,628 ac1.6% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028410 ac11% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$241/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Irrigation wells on record144Ohio DNR water well logs

Median well depth89 ft

Solar and wind operating, 20252 MW solar · 15 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 20224,575+44.4% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Hancock County	$212	$8,296	171.2	$3.96
Allen County	$226	$8,341	169.9	$2.85
Hardin County	$250	$9,197	166.8	$4.87
Putnam County	—	$8,403	173.8	$2.90
Seneca County	$178	$7,606	166.4	$4.43
Wood County	$208	$8,146	172.1	$5.89
Wyandot County	$217	$7,721	172.4	$3.62
Median next door	$217	$8,244	171.0	$4.03

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. Hancock 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/hancock-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.

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