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Lucas County, Ohio

Lucas County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $175 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,863 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 177.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39095. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Lucas County is $175 per acre for 2026, up 26.8 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $8,863 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 7.1 percent, 1.4 percent a year. The 2022 rent-to-value figure sits at 1.94 percent. Crop insurance data show excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities across 1989-2025, at 51 percent, with a loss ratio of 0.58 over those closed crop years. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 32 percent in 1989-1999, to 27 percent in 2000-2009, to 7 percent in 2010-2019, to 36 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse, 2021-2025, totaled 25, out of 28 for the full 2000-2025 span.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$175/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 35th highest of 76
Cash rent, irrigated
$148/ac
2009 county average
too few 2009 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$8,863/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 27th highest of 87
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
177.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 189.3
OH median 169.9 · 12th highest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.94
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 36th highest of 83
Farmland rented
61%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 2nd highest of 87

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$116$175 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$175/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.8%nominal, $138 to $175
Irrigated, 2009$148/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.92$175 ÷ 189.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,863/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,778/ac
Census 2017$8,277/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+7.1%+1.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.94%$172 ÷ $8,863; cropland 94% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024135.0200.4181.6median 177.1

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

Median, 2008–2025177.1 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025189.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 135.0 bu/ac76% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.3 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720220.472.740.251.00: 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$4.94
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.52claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.58$24.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 19
Worst year2019ratio 2.74
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · heat and drought 19% · freeze 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025115

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, 2000–202528 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202515 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202525 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.8 °F1991–2020 normal 63.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September20.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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, 202284% of cropland60,184 ac
Farmed no-till, 202230% of cropland21,731 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland5,599 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210941906

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

CRP enrolled, 2025906 ac1.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028158 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$275/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record125Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth128 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20257.7 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022364
Farmland rented from others, 202261%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Lucas County$175—$8,863177.1$4.94
Lenawee County, MI$165—$5,766169.0$4.99
Monroe County, MI$172$220 2023$6,275168.1$5.35
Fulton County$226—$7,946178.9$3.85
Henry County$200 2025—$7,859179.2$3.79
Ottawa County$183—$7,882160.9$8.13
Wood County$208—$8,146172.1$5.89
Median next door$183—$7,871170.6$5.17

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. Lucas 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/lucas-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.