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Noble County farmland

$190 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Noble 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 Noble County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$1902026$170
Irrigated cropland$2332026$245
Pasture$47.502011Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Noble 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 Noble County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedIrrigatedPasture
2026$190$233Not published
2025$182$238Not published
2024$193$260Not published
2023$170$234Not published
2022$170$245Not published
2021$163Not publishedNot published
2020$156Not publishedNot published
2019$150Not publishedNot published
2018Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2017$160Not publishedNot published
2016$150Not publishedNot published
2015Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2014$145Not publishedNot published
2013$138Not publishedNot published
2012$139Not publishedNot published
2011$126Not published$47.50
2010$112$154$63.50
2009$109$203Not published
2008$107Not publishedNot published

What farmland in Noble County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$9,064 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms174,349 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

What farm surveys say about Noble 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 Noble County

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

County crop yields in Noble County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn203.1 bu2025193.2 bu59,600
Soybeans56.2 bu202555 bu58,200
Winter wheat85.5 bu202579.2 bu3,170

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

Share of the acres of the county's 5,568 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 corn33%
  • Mapped as soybeans32%
  • Mapped as grass and pasture12%
  • Mapped as alfalfa3.4%
  • Mapped as winter wheat2.2%
  • Not cropland at the center (woods, water, buildings)17%

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.