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Camas County, Idaho

Camas County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2023); land and buildings $2,055 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.84 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Camas County averaged $22 per acre in 2023, up 57.1 percent from 2012. Land value came to $2,055 per acre in the 2022 census, up 53.2 percent from 2017, or 8.9 percent a year. Irrigated cropland is 33 percent of harvested cropland, with 60 percent of irrigation water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 totaled $1.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 61 percent overall; that share stood at 51 percent in 1989-1999, 77 percent in 2000-2009, 52 percent in 2010-2019, and 70 percent in 2020-2025. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$22/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,055/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · 3rd lowest of 42
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
18%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · 6th lowest of 42

Cash rent

Non-irrigated, 2023$22/ac
Change 2012 to 2023+57.1%nominal, $14 to $22
Pasture, 2026$11/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,055/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,484/ac
Census 2017$1,341/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+53.2%+8.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.84$1.1 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 61% · irrigation failure 11% · other 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250420

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, 2000–2025284 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200142 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202542 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.2 °F1991–2020 normal 49.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.97 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September6.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 90% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202233%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland8,067 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland368 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202107,1201,075

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,075 ac1.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$56/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record7Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth360 ft
Cattle and calves, 20225,333−8.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202218%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Camas County$22 2023—$2,055—
Blaine County$32$120$3,556$2.51
Elmore County$34 2025$405$3,233$5.77
Gooding County—$425$7,101$0.79
Lincoln County—$261$5,720$5.45
Median next door$32 1 co.$333$4,638$3.98

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. Camas 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/camas-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.