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Owyhee County, Idaho

Owyhee County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2023); land and buildings $2,025 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 218.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$21/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$254/ac
2026 county average
ID median $179 · 11th highest of 32
Land and buildings
$2,025/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ID median $3,689 · lowest of 42
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
218.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 218.5 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.53
2016–2025, closed crop years
ID median $5.70 · 6th lowest of 36
Farmland rented
13%
2022 census, rented from others
ID median 33% · 2nd lowest of 42

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$43$21 dry$115$254 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, 2023$21/ac
Change 2013 to 2023−52.3%nominal, $43 to $21
Irrigated, 2026$254/ac
Pasture, 2026$17/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,025/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,228/ac
Census 2017$1,628/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.4%+4.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024178.0198.5198.4230.6235.3218.6238.1216.7221.8215.5218.1220.8median 218.3

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025218.3 bu/ac12 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025218.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 178.0 bu/ac82% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.1 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20092014201920241.321.121.010.511.00: 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$2.53
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.71claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.77$13.7 million paid
Worst year2009ratio 1.32
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 28% · heat and drought 16% · irrigation failure 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250520

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, 2000–2025456 of 1,357 weeks34% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200352 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202584 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.8 °F1991–2020 normal 54.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.98 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September5.2 in1991–2020 normal
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, 202293%
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland5,873 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland8,804 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland6,944 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,37318,8462,396

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,396 ac2.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$12/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record65Idaho DWR well records
Median well depth397 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202520 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022190,536+21.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202213%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Owyhee County$21 2023$254$2,025$2.53
Ada County—$208$13,084$3.22
Canyon County—$300$13,588$5.62
Elmore County$34 2025$405$3,233$5.77
Twin Falls County—$319$6,129$3.47
Elko County, NV—$91$647—
Humboldt County, NV—$123$1,164$15.44
Malheur County, OR—$276$1,851$6.86
Median next door—$276$3,233$5.70

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. Owyhee 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/owyhee-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.

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