Benewah County, Idaho
Benewah County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,747 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Benewah County averages $80 per acre in 2026, up 15.9 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census sits at $2,747 per acre, up 41.9 percent from 2017, 7.2 percent a year. Heat and drought has driven the largest share of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, at 55 percent, and its share has moved from 14 percent in 1989-1999 to 26 percent in 2000-2009, to 37 percent in 2010-2019, to 81 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 50.2 F to 51.6 F over 2017-2026, continuing a trend of 0.93 F per decade since 1976. No irrigation, solar, or wind capacity is present in this county.
ID median $52 · 4th highest of 18
ID median $3,689 · 8th lowest of 42
ID median $5.70 · 8th highest of 36
ID median 33% · 13th highest of 42
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 1989. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benewah County | $80 | — | $2,747 | $13.09 |
| Kootenai County | $65 2025 | $70 | $11,050 | $12.61 |
| Latah County | $80 | — | $3,464 | $10.90 |
| Shoshone County | — | — | $8,542 | — |
| Spokane County, WA | $50 | $79 2023 | $4,951 | $14.88 |
| Whitman County, WA | $79 | — | $2,528 | $12.08 |
| Median next door | $79 | $70 1 co. | $4,951 | $12.35 |
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. Benewah County, Idaho. 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/idaho/benewah-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.