Boone County, Arkansas
Boone County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $36 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,933 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.36 since 2009. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Boone County runs $36 per acre in 2026, up 24.6 percent from 2016. Land values, by the operators' own estimate, stand at $3,933 per acre, up 49.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 8.3 percent a year. Crop insurance losses since 2009 total $2.2 million, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 89 percent; heat and drought accounted for 0 percent of indemnities in 2000-2009, 0 percent in 2010-2019, and 13 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 67.7 F over 2017-2026 against a 66.8 F normal, with no clear direction in the longer trend since 1976. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
AR median $30 · 20th highest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 26th highest of 75
AR median 29% · 22nd lowest of 75
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2009. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Boone County | $36 | $3,933 |
| Carroll County | $50 | $3,992 |
| Marion County | $30 | $2,692 |
| Newton County | $26 | $3,159 |
| Searcy County | $19 | $2,700 |
| Taney County, MO | $24 | $3,385 |
| Median next door | $26 | $3,159 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Boone County, Arkansas. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/arkansas/boone-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.