Cash rent for pasture: Fountain County, Indiana
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- Fountain County's rent is 1.3 times the Indiana average and 4.6 times the US average.
- It is the 8th highest of the 34 Indiana counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2010 it has risen 106.8%, from $37 to $76.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Fountain figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2009, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 it combined Fountain into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Fountain County | Indiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $76.50 | $61 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $53.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $47.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $44 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $43.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | Combined into "other counties" | $42 | $13 |
| 2020 | $66.50 | $40 | $13 |
| 2019 | $65 | $43 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $45.50 | $39 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $50 | $38 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | Combined into "other counties" | $40 | $12 |
| 2013 | $34 | $37 | $12 |
| 2012 | $56.50 | $42 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $39 | $31 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $37 | $45 | $11 |
| 2009 | Combined into "other counties" | $41 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $39 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | No figure | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | No figure | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | No figure | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | No figure | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | No figure | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | No figure | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | No figure | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
| 1994 | No figure | $32.90 | No figure |
Every Indiana county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $28 an acre in Crawford County to $124 an acre in LaGrange County.
- Under $45 (5 counties)
- $45 to under $52.50 (8 counties)
- $52.50 to under $63 (7 counties)
- $63 to under $77 (7 counties)
- $77 and over (7 counties)
- Not published separately (58 counties, $66.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adams County, Allen County, Bartholomew County, Benton County, Blackford County, Boone County, Brown County, Cass County, Clay County, Clinton County, Daviess County, Dearborn County, Decatur County, DeKalb County, Fayette County, Floyd County, Fulton County, Grant County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hendricks County, Huntington County, Jasper County, Jay County, Johnson County, Kosciusko County, Madison County, Marion County, Marshall County, Martin County, Miami County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Newton County, Noble County, Ohio County, Orange County, Pike County, Porter County, Posey County, Pulaski County, Rush County, Scott County, St. Joseph County, Starke County, Steuben County, Sullivan County, Switzerland County, Tipton County, Vanderburgh County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Wabash County, Warren County, Warrick County, Washington County, White County and Whitley County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaGrange County | $124 | 5.6% |
| 2 | Henry County | $92.50 | 6.6% |
| 3 | Gibson County | $88 | 12.2% |
| 4 | La Porte County | $83.50 | 8.8% |
| 5 | Putnam County | $80 | 11.3% |
| 6 | Franklin County | $78 | 10.7% |
| 7 | Delaware County | $77 | 9.0% |
| 8 | Fountain County This county | $76.50 | 6.5% |
| 9 | Ripley County | $74 | 16.4% |
| 10 | Morgan County | $72 | 11.8% |
| 11 | Randolph County | $70.50 | 34.3% |
| 12 | Wayne County | $65.50 | 16.4% |
| 13 | Lake County | $63.50 | 11.7% |
| 14 | Lawrence County | $63 | 19.2% |
| 15 | Jefferson County | $60.50 | 8.2% |
| 16 | Clark County | $59.50 | 7.9% |
| 17 | Jennings County | $56 | 7.2% |
| 17 | Shelby County | $56 | 8.9% |
| 19 | Spencer County | $53.50 | 13.3% |
| 19 | Wells County | $53.50 | 9.6% |
| 21 | Carroll County | $52.50 | 6.8% |
| 22 | Knox County | $51 | 6.6% |
| 23 | Howard County | $50 | 6.2% |
| 23 | Jackson County | $50 | 9.8% |
| 23 | Union County | $50 | 9.4% |
| 26 | Dubois County | $46 | 6.4% |
| 27 | Harrison County | $45 | 10.6% |
| 27 | Perry County | $45 | 6.9% |
| 27 | Tippecanoe County | $45 | 7.6% |
| 30 | Elkhart County | $43 | 34.4% |
| 31 | Greene County | $40 | 24.6% |
| 32 | Parke County | $35 | 22.4% |
| 33 | Owen County | $30 | 12.6% |
| 34 | Crawford County | $28 | 7.4% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.