Preble County, Ohio
Preble County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $232 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,645 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 182.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39135. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Preble County runs $232 per acre, up 35.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value stood at $8,645 per acre in 2022, up 35.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 6.2 percent a year. Corn yield trend over 2008-2025 rises 3.9 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 182.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 75 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities since 1989, at 52 percent, though its share by decade moves 55 percent, 43 percent, 57 percent, 50 percent. Drought weeks were 0 in 2021-2025, and no cropland in the county is irrigated. Solar and wind capacity, operating or proposed, is 0 MW.
OH median $168 · 7th highest of 76
OH median $7,956 · 31st highest of 87
OH median 169.9 · 5th highest of 69
OH median $4.69 · lowest of 83
OH median 37% · 29th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preble County | $232 | $8,645 | 182.2 | $1.42 |
| Union County, IN | $220 | $9,913 | 195.8 | $1.22 |
| Wayne County, IN | $214 | $7,341 | 179.3 | $2.42 |
| Butler County | $165 | $9,017 | 167.5 | $4.23 |
| Darke County | $287 2025 | $10,913 | 174.9 | $2.24 |
| Montgomery County | $215 | $7,918 | 170.2 | $1.60 |
| Median next door | $215 | $9,017 | 174.9 | $2.24 |
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. Preble 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/preble-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.