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Pike County farmland

$194 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Pike 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 Pike County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$1942026$170
Pasture$722025Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Pike County since 2009

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 Pike County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$194Not published
2025$187$72
2024$216Not published
2023$197Not published
2022$170Not published
2021$151Not published
2020$156Not published
2019$155Not published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$180Not published
2016$185Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$190Not published
2013Not publishedNot published
2012$166Not published
2011Not publishedNot published
2010$115$32.50
2009$142Not published

What farmland in Pike County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$5,920 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms88,483 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

What farm surveys say about Pike County's region

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

  • Cropland value, Southwest$10,875 an acreAverage-quality tillable bare cropland, June 2026 (top-quality $15,750; poor-quality $7,250) · Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey, PAER-2026-24, August 2026, 13 responses; Purdue marks this region "limited responses; interpret with caution"
  • Cropland cash rent, Southwest$226 an acre a yearAverage-quality tillable bare cropland, 2026 (top-quality $272; poor-quality $184) · Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey, PAER-2026-24, August 2026, 13 responses; Purdue marks this region "limited responses; interpret with caution"

Crop yields in Pike County

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

County crop yields in Pike County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn199.1 bu2023182.4 bu32,400
Soybeans58.3 bu202556.8 bu38,600
Winter wheat110.4 bu202371.2 bu2,600

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

Share of the acres of the county's 6,641 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 soybeans21%
  • Mapped as corn16%
  • Mapped as grass and pasture13%
  • Mapped as fallow or idle cropland2.7%
  • Mapped as winter wheat, then soybeans2.1%
  • Not cropland at the center (woods, water, buildings)44%

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.