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Jefferson County, Idaho

Jefferson County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2022); land and buildings $5,087 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent reached $168 per acre in 2026, and 81 percent of harvested cropland in Jefferson County carries irrigation. Land and buildings were valued at $5,087 per acre in 2022, up 44.4 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$52/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$168/ac
2026 county average
ID median $179 · 15th lowest of 32
Land and buildings
$5,087/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · 14th highest of 42
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.41
2016–2025, closed crop years
ID median $5.70 · 14th lowest of 36
Farmland rented
29%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · 17th lowest of 42

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$120$168 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.

Non-irrigated, 2022$52/ac
Irrigated, 2026$168/ac
Pasture, 2026$28/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,087/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,620/ac
Census 2017$3,522/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+44.4%+7.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 81% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

19921997200220072012201720221.142.211.461.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$5.41
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.98claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.73$68.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 28
Worst year2024ratio 2.21
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 30% · price decline (revenue policies) 22% · excess moisture 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202505217

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, 2000–2025402 of 1,357 weeks30% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200452 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202551 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.6 °F1991–2020 normal 50.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.64 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September5.6 in1991–2020 normal
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202281%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland9,735 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,383 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202109,443129

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

CRP enrolled, 2025129 ac0.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202813 ac10% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$122/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record155Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth222 ft
Cattle and calves, 202274,255−12.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Jefferson County—$168$5,087$5.41
Bingham County$34 2025$286$3,789$4.78
Bonneville County$33 2025$146$4,884$6.31
Butte County—$178$3,430$5.78
Clark County—$138$3,102$14.51
Fremont County$58$180$4,813$6.72
Madison County$51$190$5,444$3.21
Median next door$54 2 co.$179$4,301$6.05

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. Jefferson 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/jefferson-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.