Buena Vista County, Iowa
Buena Vista County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $260 an acre (2026); land and buildings $11,332 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 190.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Buena Vista County is $260 per acre in 2026, up 6.1 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carry a census value of $11,332 per acre, with a 40.9 percent change from 2017 to 2022, 7.1 percent a year. None of the county's harvested cropland is irrigated. Corn yield trend runs 2.1 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 190.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 148.2 in 2012. Heat and drought caused 36 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and drought weeks ran higher in 2021-2025 than the 2000-2025 average share.
IA median $266 · tied for 42nd lowest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 8th highest of 99
IA median 190.1 · tied for 43rd highest of 95
IA median $2.49 · 21st lowest of 99
IA median 51% · 42nd highest of 99
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista County | $260 | $11,332 | 190.7 | $1.82 |
| Cherokee County | $301 | $11,186 | 201.9 | $2.04 |
| Clay County | $248 | $10,321 | 184.8 | $3.55 |
| Pocahontas County | $269 | $11,081 | 190.1 | $1.83 |
| Sac County | $290 | $11,519 | 196.8 | $2.21 |
| Median next door | $280 | $11,134 | 193.5 | $2.13 |
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. Buena Vista County, Iowa. 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/iowa/buena-vista-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.