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Mahoning County, Ohio

Mahoning County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $102 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,291 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 152.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39099. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Mahoning County stands at $102 per acre for 2026, up 28.3 percent from 2016. Land value, by the operators' own estimate, was $8,291 per acre in 2022, having risen 25.1 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 152.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 117 in 2008. Drought has been rare here: only 6 of 1357 weeks since 2000 reached severe drought or worse, and just 1 week from 2021-2025. Excess moisture and flood account for 57 percent of indemnities paid from 1989-2025, the largest single cause. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$102/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 22nd lowest of 76
Land and buildings
$8,291/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 37th highest of 87
Rent as % of land value
1.03%
$86 dry rent ÷ $8,291 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
152.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 169.2
OH median 169.9 · 15th lowest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.40
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 29th highest of 83
Farmland rented
35%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 34th lowest of 87

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$39$102 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$102/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+28.3%nominal, $80 to $102
Pasture, 2025$24/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.60$102 ÷ 169.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,291/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,968/ac
Census 2017$6,626/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+25.1%+4.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.03%$86 ÷ $8,291; cropland 73% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024117.0189.6153.7median 152.9

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

Median, 2008–2025152.9 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025169.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 117.0 bu/ac77% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±1.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2011201620210.210.110.160.500.150.120.020.621.441.00: 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$5.40
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.50claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.58$13.0 million paid
Worst year2025ratio 1.44
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 57% · heat and drought 16% · area plans 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025040

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, 2000–20256 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20024 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20251 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.8 °F1991–2020 normal 60.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.66 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202229% of cropland15,146 ac
Farmed no-till, 202225% of cropland12,780 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland1,999 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021034148

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

CRP enrolled, 202548 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20287 ac
Irrigation wells on record147Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth158 ft
Cattle and calves, 202213,072+0.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Mahoning County$102$8,291152.9$5.40
Columbiana County$94$7,379148.8$4.70
Portage County$82$7,439144.5$5.00
Stark County$88$10,369151.0$4.51
Trumbull County$83$5,640171.2$4.99
Lawrence County, PA$54$5,532144.1$7.30
Mercer County, PA$69$4,627144.4$5.69
Median next door$82$6,510146.7$5.00

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. Mahoning 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/mahoning-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.