Highland County, Ohio
Highland County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $173 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,081 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 174.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Highland County runs $173 per acre in 2026, up 37.3 percent from 2016. Corn yield has trended up 1.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 174.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 118.4 in 2012. Heat and drought stands as the largest cause of indemnities across 1989-2025 at 41 percent, and its share by period reads 37 percent, 33 percent, 18 percent, then 56 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks stayed low overall, 28 of 1357 weeks since 2000, with 7 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. No cropland in the county is irrigated. Solar operating capacity is 667 MW, with 200 MW more proposed; wind is not present.
OH median $168 · 37th highest of 76
OH median $7,956 · 23rd lowest of 87
OH median 169.9 · tied for 17th highest of 69
OH median $4.69 · 18th highest of 83
OH median 37% · 42nd lowest 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.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland County | $173 | $6,081 | 174.9 | $6.69 |
| Adams County | $136 | $5,254 | 150.8 | $8.63 |
| Brown County | $161 | $5,850 | 172.9 | $6.16 |
| Clinton County | $170 | $8,247 | 193.5 | $2.83 |
| Fayette County | $240 | $8,758 | 180.9 | $3.88 |
| Pike County | $147 | $3,899 | 170.7 | $7.23 |
| Ross County | $174 | $6,424 | 174.5 | $4.54 |
| Median next door | $166 | $6,137 | 173.7 | $5.35 |
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. Highland 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/highland-countyEvery 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.