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Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $120 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,530 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 168.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$120/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · tied for 25th lowest of 76
Land and buildings
$5,530/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 18th lowest of 87
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.67
$120 ÷ 178.3 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
168.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 178.3
OH median 169.9 · 33rd lowest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.87
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · tied for 38th highest of 83
Farmland rented
25%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 21st lowest of 87

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$54$120 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$120/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+55.8%nominal, $77 to $120
Pasture, 2026$27/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.67$120 ÷ 178.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,530/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,263/ac
Census 2017$4,101/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.8%+6.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 47% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024131.0187.0184.4median 168.4

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

Median, 2008–2025168.4 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025178.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 129.1 bu/ac77% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.9 bu/ac a year±1.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820231.741.041.00: 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$4.87
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.48claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.65$18.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 16
Worst year2008ratio 1.74
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 49% · heat and drought 34% · price decline (revenue policies) 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250150

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, 2000–202519 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202415 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.0 °F1991–2020 normal 62.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.67 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 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, 202211% of cropland10,494 ac
Farmed no-till, 202223% of cropland22,086 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland4,653 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211162,017337

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

CRP enrolled, 2025337 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028135 ac40% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$86/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record49Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth148 ft
Cattle and calves, 202224,669−7.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Muskingum County$120$5,530168.4$4.87
Coshocton County$95$6,755159.4$5.37
Guernsey County$56$5,198147.8$7.52
Licking County$155$8,946—$3.20
Morgan County$56$4,363140.3$9.64
Noble County$48$4,332——
Perry County$103$6,172—$5.49
Median next door$76$5,685147.8$5.49

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. Muskingum 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/muskingum-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.

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