Putnam County, Ohio
Putnam County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $172 an acre (2022); land and buildings $8,403 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 173.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39137. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Putnam County averaged $172 per acre in 2022, up 30.3 percent from 2012. Census land and buildings value stood at $8,403 per acre in 2022, up 25.5 percent from 2017, 4.7 percent a year. Corn yield trended up 3.1 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 173.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 114 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 totaled $78.3 million, led by excess moisture and flood at 43 percent; the loss ratio over that span was 0.56, narrowing to 0.36 over 2016-2025. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 35 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 21 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
OH median $7,956 · 34th highest of 87
OH median 169.9 · 23rd highest of 69
OH median $4.69 · tied for 14th lowest of 83
OH median 37% · 32nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam County | — | $8,403 | 173.8 | $2.90 |
| Allen County | $226 | $8,341 | 169.9 | $2.85 |
| Defiance County | $177 | $7,824 | 162.4 | $6.41 |
| Hancock County | $212 | $8,296 | 171.2 | $3.96 |
| Henry County | $200 2025 | $7,859 | 179.2 | $3.79 |
| Paulding County | $189 | $8,607 | 165.0 | $4.50 |
| Van Wert County | $225 | $9,658 | 168.7 | $1.89 |
| Median next door | $212 | $8,319 | 169.3 | $3.88 |
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. Putnam 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/putnam-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.