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Meigs County, Ohio

Meigs County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $55 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,816 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 143.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39105. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Meigs County runs $55 per acre in 2025, down 22.5 percent from 2013. Census land and buildings value stands at $3,816 per acre, up 10.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, 1.9 percent a year. Solar operating capacity is 48 MW; wind operating is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$55/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$72/ac
2009 county average
too few 2009 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,816/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 3rd lowest of 87
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
143.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 160.6
OH median 169.9 · 4th lowest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.09
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 3rd highest of 83
Farmland rented
11%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 3rd lowest of 87

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$48$55 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, 2025$55/ac
Change 2013 to 2025−22.5%nominal, $71 to $55
Irrigated, 2009$72/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.34$55 ÷ 160.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,816/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,428/ac
Census 2017$3,467/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+10.1%+1.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 33% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025131.1170.1166.7median 143.5

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

Median, 2009–2025143.5 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025160.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 90.5 bu/ac63% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+0.8 bu/ac a year±2.4 (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$13.09
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.16claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.01$5.3 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · excess moisture 38% · other 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250160

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, 2000–202523 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202416 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202516 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.9 °F1991–2020 normal 62.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 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, 20226% of cropland1,209 ac
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland2,447 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland207 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021167977910

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

CRP enrolled, 2025910 ac5.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202846 ac5% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$34/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record2Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth150 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202548 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20226,339−35.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202211%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Meigs County$55 2025$3,816143.5$13.09
Athens County$55$4,123151.8$8.47
Gallia County$63$3,625148.1$11.80
Vinton County$56 2025$4,236—$10.40
Jackson County, WV$25$2,620——
Mason County, WV$103$2,972—$7.11
Wood County, WV$55$4,290——
Median next door$55$3,874150.0 2 co.$9.44

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. Meigs 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/meigs-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.