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Bonner County, Idaho

Bonner County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $53 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,142 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Bonner County averages $53 per acre in 2026, up 45.2 percent from 2014. Land and buildings carry a census value of $6,142 per acre, up 22 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.1 percent a year. Heat and drought caused 46 percent of crop insurance indemnities in 2010-2019 and 67 percent in 2020-2025, out of $477,316 in indemnities from 2014-2025. The county logged 71 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 176 weeks total from 2000-2025, with 2001 the worst single year at 42 weeks. July nightly lows average 52 F for 2017-2026, above the 50.2 F normal for 1991-2020, and the long-term trend runs 0.78 F per decade, warming.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$53/ac
2026 county average
ID median $52 · 9th highest of 18
Land and buildings
$6,142/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · 7th highest of 42
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 31% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · 4th lowest of 42

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50$602010201520202025$35$53 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$53/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+45.2%nominal, $37 to $53
Pasture, 2026$11/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,142/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,366/ac
Census 2017$5,036/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+22.0%+4.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 31% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2014. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 2014–2025heat and drought 61% · excess moisture 20% · freeze 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504222

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025176 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200142 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202571 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.0 °F1991–2020 normal 50.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.78 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September11.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 82% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland2,405 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland835 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,44433

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 202533 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Irrigation wells on record18Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth180 ft
Cattle and calves, 20223,797−7.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Bonner County$53—$6,142—
Boundary County$81—$5,691$6.96
Kootenai County$65 2025$70$11,050$12.61
Shoshone County——$8,542—
Lincoln County, MT——$4,690—
Sanders County, MT$22$62$1,180—
Pend Oreille County, WA$39$72$3,486—
Spokane County, WA$50$79 2023$4,951$14.88
Median next door$44$70$4,951$12.61

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Bonner 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/bonner-county
Every 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.