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Morrow County, Ohio

Morrow County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $193 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,161 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Morrow County is $193 per acre in 2026, up 36.9 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $8,161 per acre, up 36 percent from 2017. July nightly lows have moved from 61.3 F normal to 62.8 F over 2017-2026. No cropland here is irrigated, and no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$193/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 26th highest of 76
Land and buildings
$8,161/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 40th highest of 87
Rent as % of land value
1.87%
$153 dry rent ÷ $8,161 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
161.8 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 182.3
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.05
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 31st lowest of 83
Farmland rented
50%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 26th highest of 87

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$83$193 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$193/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+36.9%nominal, $141 to $193
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.06$193 ÷ 182.3 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,161/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,682/ac
Census 2017$6,002/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.0%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.87%$153 ÷ $8,161; cropland 84% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024122.0191.3183.5median 161.8

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

Median, 2008–2024161.8 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024182.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 122.0 bu/ac75% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+2.9 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.922.880.371.00: 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$4.05
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.53claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.63$56.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 23
Worst year2019ratio 2.88
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 49% · price decline (revenue policies) 19% · heat and drought 19%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, 2000–20258 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20244 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.8 °F1991–2020 normal 61.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 202243% of cropland52,154 ac
Farmed no-till, 202242% of cropland51,433 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland4,322 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202125210,7971,453

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,453 ac1.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028307 ac21% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$219/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record44Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth120 ft
Cattle and calves, 20226,694−23.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202250%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Morrow County$193$8,161—$4.05
Crawford County$209$8,056182.4$2.01
Delaware County$190$9,771173.1$3.89
Knox County$149 2025$7,956165.1$2.36
Marion County$195$8,262174.4$3.81
Richland County$165$8,823165.2$4.06
Median next door$193$8,262173.1$3.81

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. Morrow 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/morrow-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.