Farmland Atlas · county record

Custer County, Idaho

Custer County, ID: irrigated cash rent $90 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,588 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.69 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
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no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$90/ac
2026 county average
ID median $179 · 6th lowest of 32
Land and buildings
$3,588/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · 21st lowest of 42
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
16%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · 3rd lowest of 42

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$52$90 irrigated

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

Irrigated, 2026$90/acno dry rent published

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,588/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,302/ac
Census 2017$2,726/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.6%+5.6% 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, 1989–20250.69$1.2 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025hail 24% · other 21% · freeze 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250524

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, 2000–2025294 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200452 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202544 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202646.6 °F1991–2020 normal 44.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.70 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September9.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% 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, 202298%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland882 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,205 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,18864

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

CRP enrolled, 202564 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Irrigation wells on record49Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth123 ft
Cattle and calves, 202222,433−28.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Custer County—$90$3,588—
Blaine County$32$120$3,556$2.51
Boise County——$2,053—
Butte County—$178$3,430$5.78
Elmore County$34 2025$405$3,233$5.77
Lemhi County$36 2023$74$3,947—
Valley County—$106$3,900—
Median next door$32 1 co.$120$3,493$5.77

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. Custer 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/custer-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.