County · Indiana · USDA NASS 2025

Howard County

cropland

$279.00/ac

IN avg $225.00

Pasture

$53.00/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.740

IN avg 0.640

Rank · cropland

6/92

percentile 93

Δ since 2019

+27%

IN +17%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Howard County at $279 per acre per year, with pasture at $53/acre. The county's soils index 0.74 (NCCPI), above the Indiana county average of 0.64 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 27% since 2019; Howard County ranks 6 of 92 Indiana counties.

All counties · 92 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Benton	327.00	—	—	0.774
2	Carroll	289.00	—	—	0.797
3	Clinton	288.00	—	54.00	0.808
4	Warren	287.00	300.00	55.00	0.762
5	Tipton	280.00	—	—	0.775
6	Howard	279.00	—	53.00	0.740
7	Fountain	273.00	—	66.50	0.793
8	Boone	268.00	—	—	0.757
9	Montgomery	267.00	—	55.00	0.803
10	Tippecanoe	265.00	337.00	50.00	0.799
11	Hamilton	259.00	—	35.00	0.695
12	Fayette	254.00	—	57.00	0.711
13	Rush	252.00	—	56.00	0.748
14	Blackford	251.00	—	—	0.640
15	Hancock	250.00	—	—	0.702
15	Wells	250.00	—	—	0.679
17	Vermillion	248.00	—	30.00	0.743
18	Johnson	247.00	—	20.50	0.677
18	Newton	247.00	—	29.00	0.610
20	Daviess	245.00	—	57.50	0.668
21	Jasper	243.00	294.00	35.00	0.593
22	Decatur	240.00	—	60.00	0.701
23	Cass	239.00	—	37.50	0.751
23	Vigo	239.00	—	—	0.755
25	Union	238.00	—	41.50	0.712
26	Shelby	236.00	—	38.00	0.697
26	White	236.00	266.00	—	0.692
28	Posey	235.00	293.00	—	0.756
29	Fulton	228.00	291.00	68.00	0.676
29	Marshall	228.00	231.00	—	0.713
31	Hendricks	226.00	—	56.50	0.718
32	Gibson	224.00	220.00	54.50	0.728
32	Pulaski	224.00	246.00	—	0.617
34	Madison	222.00	186.00	59.50	0.702
35	Henry	220.00	—	89.50	0.674
35	Miami	220.00	280.00	—	0.696
35	Parke	220.00	—	31.00	0.717
38	Jay	218.00	—	—	0.636
39	Adams	217.00	—	—	0.714
39	Orange	217.00	—	37.50	0.532
39	Whitley	217.00	—	—	0.641
42	Jennings	215.00	—	40.00	0.627
42	La Porte	215.00	309.00	—	0.635
44	Delaware	214.00	—	107.00	0.705
45	Clay	213.00	203.00	35.00	0.686
45	Knox	213.00	272.00	59.00	0.739
47	Putnam	212.00	—	32.50	0.695
48	Huntington	208.00	—	—	0.648
48	Vanderburgh	208.00	—	—	0.708
48	Wayne	208.00	—	—	0.625
51	Morgan	207.00	—	47.00	0.628
51	Porter	207.00	284.00	—	0.646
53	Bartholomew	205.00	235.00	60.50	0.687
53	Wabash	205.00	—	—	0.674
55	Sullivan	203.00	291.00	—	0.716
56	Elkhart	201.00	281.00	42.50	0.622
57	Allen	200.00	—	—	0.690
58	Jackson	199.00	249.00	34.00	0.586
59	Grant	198.00	—	—	0.674
60	Martin	197.00	—	53.00	0.466
61	Kosciusko	196.00	284.00	61.00	0.699
62	Warrick	193.00	—	—	0.585
63	Lake	192.00	—	—	0.652
64	St. Joseph	190.00	261.00	—	0.673
65	Marion	189.00	—	—	0.692
66	Pike	187.00	—	72.00	0.526
67	Randolph	185.00	—	51.50	0.667
68	Spencer	183.00	—	36.50	0.635
69	Noble	182.00	238.00	—	0.666
70	Greene	175.00	—	32.00	0.586
71	Lagrange	174.00	255.00	54.50	0.651
72	Ripley	170.00	—	58.00	0.564
72	Starke	170.00	251.00	—	0.517
74	Owen	168.00	—	70.00	0.524
75	Dubois	166.00	—	40.00	0.517
76	Franklin	165.00	—	50.50	0.548
77	Dearborn	162.00	—	27.50	0.417
78	Harrison	159.00	—	67.00	0.542
79	Jefferson	157.00	—	49.00	0.536
79	Lawrence	157.00	—	46.50	0.554
81	Steuben	156.00	232.00	—	0.641
82	De Kalb	152.00	—	—	0.630
83	Scott	146.00	—	—	0.612
84	Washington	144.00	—	41.50	0.598
85	Brown	136.00	—	—	0.344
85	Switzerland	136.00	—	21.50	0.385
87	Monroe	130.00	—	30.00	0.489
88	Clark	129.00	—	56.50	0.558
89	Perry	125.00	—	47.50	0.401
90	Crawford	115.00	—	25.50	0.441
91	Floyd	91.50	—	—	0.507
92	Ohio	90.00	—	—	0.401

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Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey, county estimates, latest published year per series. Soil productivity from USDA SSURGO (NCCPI). Planning-grade market data — not an appraisal, legal, or financial advice. Free · instant · nobody calls you.