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Stark County, Ohio

Stark County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $88 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,369 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 151.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39151. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$88/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 18th lowest of 76
Land and buildings
$10,369/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · 10th highest of 87
Rent as % of land value
0.97%
$101 dry rent ÷ $10,369 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
151.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 166.5
OH median 169.9 · 11th lowest of 69
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.51
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 38th lowest of 83
Farmland rented
37%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 43rd lowest of 87

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$67$88 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$88/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+6.1%nominal, $83 to $88
Pasture, 2026$50/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.53$88 ÷ 166.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$10,369/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,514/ac
Census 2017$9,244/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.2%+2.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.97%$101 ÷ $10,369; cropland 72% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024130.0194.9141.1median 151.0

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

Median, 2008–2025151.0 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025166.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 118.5 bu/ac79% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.9 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920241.351.491.00: 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$4.51
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.47claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.60$28.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 22
Worst year2025ratio 1.49
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 40% · excess moisture 39% · price decline (revenue policies) 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025060

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, 2000–20256 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20026 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.6 °F1991–2020 normal 61.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.78 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 92% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 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, 202233% of cropland29,881 ac
Farmed no-till, 202218% of cropland15,956 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland6,147 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202104147

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

CRP enrolled, 20257 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20285 ac
Irrigation wells on record257Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth142 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20251.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202216,919−24.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202237%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Stark County$88$10,369151.0$4.51
Carroll County$65$5,992123.5$15.49
Columbiana County$94$7,379148.8$4.70
Holmes County$127$9,808151.4$4.69
Mahoning County$102$8,291152.9$5.40
Portage County$82$7,439144.5$5.00
Summit County$80$21,036—$7.40
Tuscarawas County$120$7,082151.2$6.49
Wayne County$154$12,012161.4$3.20
Median next door$98$7,865151.2$5.20

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. Stark 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/stark-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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