Valley County, Idaho
Valley County, ID: non-irrigated cash rent $18 an acre (2013); land and buildings $3,900 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 16085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Valley County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Irrigated cash rent in 2026 is $106 per acre. Non-irrigated cash rent in 2013 was $18 per acre. Irrigated cropland covers 81 percent of harvested cropland in the 2022 census, with 1 percent of irrigation water from groundwater in 2015. Land value rose 50.3 percent from 2017-2022, or 8.5 percent a year, against a census value of $3,900 per acre. July nights have warmed, with the 2017-2026 average low at 45.6 F against the 1991-2020 normal of 43.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.87 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance losses from 1995-2023 total $180,933, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 62 percent.
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
ID median $179
ID median $3,689
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
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley County | — | $106 | $3,900 | — |
| Adams County | — | $70 | $2,752 | — |
| Boise County | — | — | $2,053 | — |
| Custer County | — | $90 | $3,588 | — |
| Gem County | — | $143 | $4,014 | $5.49 |
| Idaho County | $70 | — | $2,367 | $13.59 |
| Lemhi County | $36 2023 | $74 | $3,947 | — |
| Median next door | $70 1 co. | $82 | $3,170 | $9.54 2 co. |
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. Valley 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/valley-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.