Farmland Atlas · county record

Summit County, Ohio

Summit County, OH: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $21,036 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 39153. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent for 2026 averages $80 per acre. Census land and buildings value in 2022 stood at $21,036 per acre, with land value change of 57.4 percent from 2017-2022, or 9.5 percent a year. July nights have warmed: the 1991-2020 normal average low was 62.5 F, against 64.3 F over 2017-2026, with a trend of 0.68 F per decade since 1976. Drought has been light: 4 of 1357 weeks reached severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, none from 2021-2025. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 totaled $2.1 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 42 percent.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$80/ac
2026 county average
OH median $168 · 15th lowest of 76
Land and buildings
$21,036/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OH median $7,956 · highest of 87
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 45% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.40
2016–2025, closed crop years
OH median $4.69 · 16th highest of 83
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
OH median 37% · 13th lowest of 87

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80202120222023202420252026$57$80 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$80/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$21,036/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$8,451/ac
Census 2017$13,365/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+57.4%+9.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 45% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$7.40
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.55claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.76$2.1 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 42% · heat and drought 41% · price decline (revenue policies) 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025030

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, 2000–20254 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20023 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.3 °F1991–2020 normal 62.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.68 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September22.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 89% 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, 202220% of cropland1,345 ac
Farmed no-till, 202220% of cropland1,342 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland282 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021017712

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

CRP enrolled, 202512 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Irrigation wells on record228Ohio DNR water well logs
Median well depth102 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20253.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022782+14.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Summit County$80$21,036—$7.40
Cuyahoga County—$32,555——
Medina County$100$9,400155.9$5.97
Portage County$82$7,439144.5$5.00
Stark County$88$10,369151.0$4.51
Wayne County$154$12,012161.4$3.20
Median next door$94$10,369153.5$4.76

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. Summit 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/summit-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.