Mercer County, Ohio
Mercer County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $280 an acre (2025); land and buildings $12,513 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 175.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39107. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Mercer County averages $280 per acre in 2025, up 46.6 percent from 2014. Land value per the 2022 census sits at $12,513 per acre, with a 29.4 percent change from 2017 to 2022, 5.3 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 4.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2023, with a median of 175 bushels per acre and a worst year of 107.7 in 2012. Heat and drought account for 50 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, with the share moving from 46 percent in 1989-1999, to 60 percent in 2000-2009, to 42 percent in 2010-2019, to 57 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland in the county is irrigated, and no Julys since 1900 have averaged a nightly low at or above 70 F.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OH median $7,956 · 3rd highest of 87
OH median 169.9 · tied for 15th highest of 69
OH median $4.69 · 9th lowest of 83
OH median 37% · 41st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County | $280 2025 | $12,513 | 175.0 | $2.40 |
| Adams County, IN | $235 | $10,771 | 169.8 | $2.40 |
| Jay County, IN | $217 | $10,478 | 166.0 | $2.85 |
| Auglaize County | $234 | $10,250 | 171.8 | $2.90 |
| Darke County | $287 2025 | $10,913 | 174.9 | $2.24 |
| Shelby County | $256 | $10,560 | 172.7 | $3.13 |
| Van Wert County | $225 | $9,658 | 168.7 | $1.89 |
| Median next door | $234 | $10,519 | 170.8 | $2.63 |
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. Mercer 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/mercer-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.