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Adams County farmland

$235 an acre a year

Cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, USDA NASS county survey, 2026

Cash rent in Adams County

What a farmer pays a landowner a year for an acre, from the USDA's county survey: the latest year NASS published for each kind of land.

Cash rent per acre a year in Adams County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$2352026Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Adams County since 2008

Cropland and pasture rent an acre a year, every year the USDA's county survey published, newest first. "Not published" is a year NASS skipped or pooled the county; it is left blank, not estimated.

Cash rent per acre a year in Adams County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigated
2026$235
2025$217
2024$237
2023$242
2022Not published
2021$203
2020$204
2019Not published
2018Not published
2017$204
2016$190
2015Not published
2014$193
2013$220
2012$181
2011$148
2010$148
2009$121
2008$134

What farmland in Adams County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$10,771 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms214,734 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

What farm surveys say about Adams County's region

Opinion surveys of farm managers, appraisers and lenders, for the survey region the county is in.

  • Cropland value, Northeast$11,436 an acreAverage-quality tillable bare cropland, June 2026 (top-quality $13,696; poor-quality $9,277) · Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey, PAER-2026-24, August 2026, 33 responses
  • Cropland cash rent, Northeast$257 an acre a yearAverage-quality tillable bare cropland, 2026 (top-quality $304; poor-quality $212) · Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey, PAER-2026-24, August 2026, 33 responses

Crop yields in Adams County

Bushels an acre harvested, from the USDA's county crop estimates.

County crop yields in Adams County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn192 bu2025194.6 bu61,900
Soybeans55.9 bu202557.4 bu76,800
Winter wheat90.9 bu202590.4 bu4,840

Satellite crop map of Adams County's farm parcels, 2025

Share of the acres of the county's 6,983 parcels coded as farm use, by the class the USDA Cropland Data Layer (a satellite land-cover map) gives each parcel's center. Land cover, not planted acres.

  • Mapped as soybeans44%
  • Mapped as corn33%
  • Mapped as grass and pasture7.1%
  • Mapped as alfalfa3%
  • Mapped as winter wheat2.9%
  • Mapped as hay (not alfalfa)1.3%
  • Mapped as other crops1.8%
  • Not cropland at the center (woods, water, buildings)7%

USDA Cropland Data Layer 2025, shares of farm-parcel acres

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

Cash rent

USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released Aug 21, 2026. NASS withholds a county's figure when too few farms answer. Public domain.

Land value

USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, released Feb 13, 2024. Public domain.

Crop yields

USDA NASS county crop estimates, Quick Stats file of Oct 31, 2026. Public domain.

Satellite crop map

USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer 2025, a satellite land-cover map, read at each farm parcel's map point (the most common class of the 3 by 3 cells around it); parcels whose land type on the county roll is agricultural; read Oct 18, 2026. Shares are of those parcels' acres, each parcel counted whole under the class at its center, so they are not planted acres: USDA's planted and harvested acreage is the NASS county estimate (the yields table where it prints). Public domain.

Farm survey

Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics: Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey, PAER-2026-24, August 2026. An opinion survey of farm managers, appraisers, brokers, lenders, farmers and FSA staff; figures copied from the publisher on 2026-10-17.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 31, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.