Farmland Atlas · county record

Latah County, Idaho

Latah County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,464 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.19 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Latah County runs $80 per acre, up 6.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated cash rent stood at $165 per acre in 2020. Heat and drought has been the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025, at 56 percent of $107.8 million paid, and its share by period moved 33 percent, 23 percent, 39 percent, then 75 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 1.33, above the 1989-2025 ratio of 1.19. July nightly lows averaged 50.6 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 49.5 F, with a warming trend of 0.67 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$80/ac
2026 county average
ID median $52 · 5th highest of 18
Cash rent, irrigated
$165/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,464/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · 18th lowest of 42
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.90
2016–2025, closed crop years
ID median $5.70 · 10th highest of 36
Farmland rented
61%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · highest of 42

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$67$80 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$80/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+6.7%nominal, $75 to $80
Irrigated, 2020$165/ac
Pasture, 2026$10/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,464/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,803/ac
Census 2017$2,542/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.3%+6.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 27% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), 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

20082013201820230.695.221.401.00: 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$10.90
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.33claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.19$107.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 18
Worst year2021ratio 5.22
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 56% · price decline (revenue policies) 19% · excess moisture 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504228

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, 2000–2025182 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200142 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202582 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202650.6 °F1991–2020 normal 49.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.67 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September9.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 86% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202214% of cropland30,970 ac
Farmed no-till, 202218% of cropland40,642 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,053 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,00550,16710,467

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,467 ac5.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,405 ac23% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$76/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record1Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth153 ft
Cattle and calves, 20224,012−27.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202261%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Latah County$80$3,464$10.90
Benewah County$80$2,747$13.09
Clearwater County$57$3,570$26.35
Nez Perce County$89$3,156$13.89
Shoshone County—$8,542—
Whitman County, WA$79$2,528$12.08
Median next door$80$3,156$13.49

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. Latah 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/latah-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.