Cassia County, Idaho
Cassia County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2024); land and buildings $4,486 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland dominates here: 91 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and irrigated cash rent for 2026 runs $405 per acre against $35 per acre for non-irrigated ground. Groundwater supplies 59 percent of irrigation water as of 2015. July nights have warmed, averaging 56.9 F over 2017-2026 against a 54.6 F normal for 1991-2020, with a trend of 0.94 F per decade since 1976. Drought has been present but not constant: 383 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, with 2004 the worst year at 52 weeks, and 101 weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. Freeze and frost, not heat, has been the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, at 37 percent of $59.4 million paid.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
ID median $179 · tied for 3rd highest of 32
ID median $3,689 · 17th highest of 42
ID median $5.70 · tied for 4th lowest of 36
ID median 33% · 21st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassia County | $35 2024 | $405 | $4,486 | $2.51 |
| Blaine County | $32 | $120 | $3,556 | $2.51 |
| Jerome County | — | $410 | $9,012 | $1.03 |
| Minidoka County | — | $390 | $6,202 | $1.87 |
| Oneida County | $26 | $127 | $2,625 | $20.64 |
| Power County | $32 | $290 | $3,930 | $5.21 |
| Twin Falls County | — | $319 | $6,129 | $3.47 |
| Elko County, NV | — | $91 | $647 | — |
| Box Elder County, UT | $35 | $165 | $2,495 | $11.25 |
| Median next door | $32 | $228 | $3,743 | $3.47 |
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. Cassia 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/cassia-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.