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Noble County, Ohio

Noble County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,332 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 140.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Noble County is $48 per acre, up 69.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value stands at $4,332 per acre, up 40.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.1 percent a year. Corn yield has a 2012-2023 median of 140 bushels per acre, with 2012 the worst year at 111.2. Drought weeks were rare from 2000-2025 at 29 of 1357, but 25 of those fell in 2021-2025, and heat and drought caused 83 percent of indemnities in 2020-2025 against 62 percent over 1989-2025. July nightly lows averaged 63.6 F over 2017-2026, up from the 61.9 F normal of 1991-2020, warming at 0.56 F per decade since 1976. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$48/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 3rd lowest of 76
Land and buildings
$4,332/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 9th lowest of 87
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.31
$48 ÷ 154.0 bu, recent yield 2019–2023
Corn yield, 2012–2023 median
140.0 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 154.0
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 27th lowest of 87

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50$602010201520202025$24$48 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$48/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+69.6%nominal, $28 to $48
Pasture, 2026$16/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.31$48 ÷ 154.0 bu, county yield 2019–2023

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,332/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,547/ac
Census 2017$3,078/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+40.7%+7.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 32% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023111.2138.4156.3140.0137.5137.5167.2145.9162.0median 140.0

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

Median, 2012–2023140.0 bu/ac9 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023154.0 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 111.2 bu/ac79% of median

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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 62% · excess moisture 30% · other 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250250

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, 2000–202529 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202425 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202525 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.6 °F1991–2020 normal 61.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.56 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% 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, 20222%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland1,814 ac
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland1,291 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland405 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021013020

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

CRP enrolled, 202520 ac
Irrigation wells on record7Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth107 ft
Cattle and calves, 202219,570+90.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Noble County$48$4,332——
Belmont County$27$4,446——
Guernsey County$56$5,198147.8$7.52
Monroe County$27 2024$4,184——
Morgan County$56$4,363140.3$9.64
Muskingum County$120$5,530168.4$4.87
Washington County$65$4,671154.0$8.60
Median next door$56$4,559150.9$8.06

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. Noble 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/noble-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.