Payette County, Idaho
Payette County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $34 an acre (2025); land and buildings $5,191 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 205.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent for 2026 runs $184 per acre, against $34 per acre for non-irrigated ground in 2025. That gap matters because irrigation covers 100 percent of harvested cropland here, per the 2022 census, with 10 percent of that water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $19.0 million, led by freeze and frost at 47 percent, though heat and drought's share rose to 39 percent in 2020-2025 from 1 percent in 2010-2019. Land value per the 2022 census stands at $5,191 per acre, up 48.1 percent from 2017-2022.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
ID median $179 · 15th highest of 32
ID median $3,689 · 13th highest of 42
ID median $5.70 · 10th lowest of 36
ID median 33% · 5th highest of 42
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payette County | $34 2025 | $184 | $5,191 | $4.37 |
| Canyon County | — | $300 | $13,588 | $5.62 |
| Gem County | — | $143 | $4,014 | $5.49 |
| Washington County | $30 2023 | $221 | $2,299 | $6.28 |
| Malheur County, OR | — | $276 | $1,851 | $6.86 |
| Median next door | — | $249 | $3,157 | $5.95 |
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. Payette 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/payette-countyEvery 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.