Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Cerro Gordo County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $260 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,033 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 184.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cerro Gordo County averages $260 per acre, up 8.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value in 2022 stood at $9,033 per acre, up 23 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield trend runs 2.9 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 184.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 124.8 in 2012. Drought weeks tell a mixed story: 137 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 hit severe drought or worse, and 51 of those weeks fell in 2021-2025 alone. Heat and drought's share of indemnities climbed from 2 percent in 1989-1999 to 36 percent in 2010-2019, then eased to 31 percent in 2020-2025.
IA median $266 · tied for 42nd lowest of 99
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
IA median $9,410 · 44th lowest of 99
IA median 190.1 · 28th lowest of 95
IA median $2.49 · 45th lowest of 99
IA median 51% · 17th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo County | $260 | $284 2025 | $9,033 | 184.4 | $2.41 |
| Floyd County | $293 | $282 2025 | $9,857 | 189.6 | $3.08 |
| Franklin County | $271 | — | $10,718 | 199.6 | $2.43 |
| Hancock County | $265 | $292 | $9,457 | 194.8 | $2.99 |
| Mitchell County | $277 | — | $10,387 | 193.9 | $3.68 |
| Worth County | $241 | — | $9,241 | 192.3 | $3.03 |
| Median next door | $271 | $292 1 co. | $9,857 | 193.9 | $3.03 |
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. Cerro Gordo 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/cerro-gordo-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.