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Sullivan County farmland

$230 an acre a year

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

Cash rent in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County
LandRent an acreYearIn 2022
Cropland, non-irrigated$2302026$190
Irrigated cropland$2912024Not published by NASS
Pasture$352014Not published by NASS

Cash rent in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County, by survey year: non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland, pasture
YearNon-irrigatedPasture
2026$230Not published
2025$203Not published
2024$224Not published
2023$217Not published
2022$190Not published
2021$184Not published
2020$174Not published
2019$193Not published
2018Not publishedNot published
2017$186Not published
2016$165Not published
2015Not publishedNot published
2014$168$35
2013$165$40
2012$165Not published
2011$132Not published
2010$127$46.50
2009$130$23
2008$120Not published

What farmland in Sullivan County is worth

  • Farmland value, land and buildings$6,203 an acreAverage per farm acre, 2022 Census of Agriculture
  • Land in farms176,644 acres2022 Census of Agriculture

What farm surveys say about Sullivan 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 Sullivan County

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

County crop yields in Sullivan County
CropYield an acreYearFive-year averageAcres harvested
Corn178.8 bu2025191.8 bu56,800
Soybeans54.7 bu202559.9 bu74,000
Winter wheat85.9 bu202585.7 bu1,770

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

Share of the acres of the county's 5,808 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 soybeans32%
  • Mapped as corn26%
  • Mapped as grass and pasture8.9%
  • Mapped as fallow or idle cropland2.2%
  • Mapped as hay (not alfalfa)0.7%
  • Mapped as winter wheat, then soybeans0.7%
  • Mapped as other crops1.8%
  • Not cropland at the center (woods, water, buildings)28%

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.