Fayette County, Iowa
Fayette County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $270 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,138 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 191.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Fayette County is $270 per acre for 2026, up 13 percent from 2016. Land value under the census operators' estimate was $9,138 per acre in 2022, up 27.3 percent from 2017, or 5 percent a year, and 2022 rent equaled 2.77 percent of that value. Corn yields have trended up 3 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2024, with a median of 191.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 151 in 2012. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities rose across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025, reaching 43 percent in 2020-2025, though the loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 0.39. Irrigation share is 0 percent, and no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.
IA median $266 · tied for 43rd highest of 99
too few 2010 county surveys in the state to compare
IA median $9,410 · 45th lowest of 99
IA median 190.1 · 39th highest of 95
IA median $2.49 · tied for 36th lowest of 99
IA median 51% · 30th lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette County | $270 | $9,138 | 191.8 | $2.20 |
| Bremer County | $291 | $9,905 | 200.0 | $2.72 |
| Buchanan County | $293 | $9,819 | 191.1 | $2.17 |
| Chickasaw County | $284 | $9,461 | 193.7 | $2.66 |
| Clayton County | $266 | $7,648 | 194.2 | $1.63 |
| Winneshiek County | $274 | $8,233 | 192.9 | $2.31 |
| Median next door | $284 | $9,461 | 193.7 | $2.31 |
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. Fayette 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/fayette-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.