Butler County, Iowa
Butler County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $301 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,547 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 193.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Butler County averages $301 per acre for 2026, up 32 percent from 2016. Land value per the 2022 census stands at $8,547 per acre, with rent equal to 3.21 percent of that value in 2022. Corn yields have trended up 2.5 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 193.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 122 in 2012. Heat and drought has driven a growing share of crop insurance indemnities, from 3 percent in 1989-1999 to 19 percent in 2000-2009 to 51 percent in 2010-2019 to 53 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
IA median $266 · tied for 9th highest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 39th lowest of 99
IA median 190.1 · 27th highest of 95
IA median $2.49 · 17th highest of 99
IA median 51% · 46th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler County | $301 | — | $8,547 | 193.1 | $3.80 |
| Black Hawk County | $257 | — | $9,980 | 192.9 | $3.58 |
| Bremer County | $291 | — | $9,905 | 200.0 | $2.72 |
| Floyd County | $293 | $282 2025 | $9,857 | 189.6 | $3.08 |
| Franklin County | $271 | — | $10,718 | 199.6 | $2.43 |
| Grundy County | $322 | — | $12,121 | 198.5 | $1.90 |
| Median next door | $291 | — | $9,980 | 198.5 | $2.72 |
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. Butler 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/butler-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.