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Seneca County, Ohio

Seneca County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $178 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,606 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 166.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Seneca County runs $178 per acre in 2026, up 17.1 percent from 2014. Land value carries at $7,606 per acre, the operator's own estimate, rising 29.2 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 3.3 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2024, with a median of 166.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 114.4 in 2012. No irrigation is in use, and no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$178/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 33rd highest of 76
Land and buildings
$7,606/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 35th lowest of 87
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.94
$178 ÷ 188.8 bu, recent yield 2020–2024
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
166.4 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 188.8
OH median 169.9 · 28th lowest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.43
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 36th lowest of 83
Farmland rented
42%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 42nd highest of 87

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$104$178 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$178/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+17.1%nominal, $152 to $178
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.94$178 ÷ 188.8 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,606/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,873/ac
Census 2017$5,889/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+29.2%+5.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024127.0199.1180.8median 166.4

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

Median, 2008–2024166.4 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024188.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 114.4 bu/ac69% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+3.3 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200220072012201720222.653.380.541.00: 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$4.43
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.57claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.60$97.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 24
Worst year2019ratio 3.38
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 42% · heat and drought 34% · price decline (revenue policies) 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202507

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, 2000–202513 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20257 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.2 °F1991–2020 normal 62.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% 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, 20220%
Drained by tile, 202260% of cropland126,180 ac
Farmed no-till, 202241% of cropland84,813 ac
Cover crops, 202215% of cropland32,198 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021011,8135,451

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,451 ac2.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,361 ac25% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$213/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record122Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth95 ft
Cattle and calves, 20224,385−32.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202242%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Seneca County$178$7,606166.4$4.43
Crawford County$209$8,056182.4$2.01
Hancock County$212$8,296171.2$3.96
Huron County$187$7,432164.3$4.31
Sandusky County$201$7,839170.4$3.12
Wood County$208$8,146172.1$5.89
Wyandot County$217$7,721172.4$3.62
Median next door$209$7,948171.7$3.79

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. Seneca 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/seneca-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.
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"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.