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Hendricks County farmland

$260 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Hendricks 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 Hendricks County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$2602026$231
Pasture$56.502022$56.50

Cash rent in Hendricks 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 Hendricks County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$260Not published
2025$226Not published
2024$256Not published
2023$248Not published
2022$231$56.50
2021$228Not published
2020$210Not published
2019$215Not published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$206Not published
2016$202Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$205$47
2013$191$39
2012$191$66
2011$172$39
2010$139$59
2009$150$50.50
2008$139Not published

What farmland in Hendricks County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$9,052 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms115,423 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

What farm surveys say about Hendricks County's region

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

  • Cropland value, Central$13,432 an acreAverage-quality tillable bare cropland, June 2026 (top-quality $15,730; poor-quality $10,476) · Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey, PAER-2026-24, August 2026, 38 responses
  • Cropland cash rent, Central$260 an acre a yearAverage-quality tillable bare cropland, 2026 (top-quality $301; poor-quality $214) · Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey, PAER-2026-24, August 2026, 38 responses

Crop yields in Hendricks County

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

County crop yields in Hendricks County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn206.5 bu2025209.2 bu57,100
Soybeans63.6 bu202563.5 bu67,200
Winter wheat100.7 bu2025Not published1,360

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

Share of the acres of the county's 4,317 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 corn40%
  • Mapped as grass and pasture5.4%
  • Mapped as alfalfa1%
  • Mapped as winter wheat, then soybeans0.5%
  • Mapped as other crops0.7%
  • Not cropland at the center (woods, water, buildings)7.6%

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.