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Nez Perce County, Idaho

Nez Perce County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $89 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,156 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Nez Perce County runs $89 per acre, up 15.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value stands at $3,156 per acre, up 51.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, 8.7 percent a year. Crop insurance history shows $126.6 million in indemnities over 1989-2025, with heat and drought the largest cause at 63 percent; that share was 49 percent in 1989-1999, 57 percent in 2000-2009, 37 percent in 2010-2019, and 76 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 1.42, above the 1989-2025 figure of 1.24. July nightly lows have warmed 0.79 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 55 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.4 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$89/ac
2026 county average
ID median $52 · highest of 18
Land and buildings
$3,156/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · 14th lowest of 42
Rent as % of land value
2.63%
$83 dry rent ÷ $3,156 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.89
2016–2025, closed crop years
ID median $5.70 · 5th highest of 36
Farmland rented
58%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · 2nd highest of 42

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$73$89 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$89/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+15.6%nominal, $77 to $89
Pasture, 2025$7/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,156/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,683/ac
Census 2017$2,079/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+51.8%+8.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.63%$83 ÷ $3,156; cropland 60% of land in farms

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

200520102015202020251.026.121.761.00: 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$13.89
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.42claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.24$126.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 21
Worst year2021ratio 6.12
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 63% · price decline (revenue policies) 15% · excess moisture 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202503028

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, 2000–2025203 of 1,357 weeks15% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202130 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202595 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.0 °F1991–2020 normal 53.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.79 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September9.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 92% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland12,626 ac
Farmed no-till, 202251% of cropland106,700 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,703 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021310,6876,556

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,556 ac3.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,103 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$95/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record21Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth405 ft
Cattle and calves, 20229,115−29.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202258%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Nez Perce County$89—$3,156$13.89
Clearwater County$57—$3,570$26.35
Idaho County$70—$2,367$13.59
Latah County$80—$3,464$10.90
Lewis County$88—$2,819$13.42
Wallowa County, OR$52$109$1,654$15.65
Asotin County, WA$55—$1,820$15.65
Whitman County, WA$79—$2,528$12.08
Median next door$70$109 1 co.$2,528$13.59

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. Nez Perce 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/nez-perce-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.