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Fremont County, Iowa

Fremont County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $215 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,991 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 191.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Fremont County averages $215 per acre in 2026, down 1.8 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 stood at $7,991 per acre, up 33.1 percent from 2017, or 5.9 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 3.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 191.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 131.2 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $150.2 million, mostly from excess moisture and flood at 70 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities was 2 percent in 1989-1999, 24 percent in 2000-2009, 11 percent in 2010-2019, and 33 percent in 2020-2025. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW operating and 0 MW proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$215/ac
2026 county average
IA median $266 · 10th lowest of 99
Cash rent, irrigated
$221/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$7,991/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IA median $9,410 · 30th lowest of 99
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
191.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 204.5
IA median 190.1 · 40th highest of 95
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.91
2016–2025, closed crop years
IA median $2.49 · tied for 33rd highest of 99
Farmland rented
64%
2022 census, rented from others
IA median 51% · 4th highest of 99

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$148$215 dry$207$221 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$215/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−1.8%nominal, $219 to $215
Irrigated, 2022$221/ac
Pasture, 2025$61/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.05$215 ÷ 204.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,991/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,141/ac
Census 2017$6,002/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+33.1%+5.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.97%$237 ÷ $7,991; cropland 90% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024147.0231.0195.8median 191.5

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025191.5 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025204.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 131.2 bu/ac69% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.8 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.412.200.301.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$2.91
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.37claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.63$150.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 34
Worst year2008ratio 2.20
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 70% · heat and drought 15% · price decline (revenue policies) 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202523380

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025136 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200338 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.8 °F1991–2020 normal 65.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.04 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 92% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20225%
Drained by tile, 20229% of cropland22,441 ac
Farmed no-till, 202255% of cropland129,596 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland6,752 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202139413,3547,554

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20257,554 ac3.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,788 ac37% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$241/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202211,578−13.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202264%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Fremont County$215—$7,991191.5$2.91
Mills County$258—$8,944189.2$2.40
Page County$236—$6,763181.6$1.23
Atchison County, MO$247$256 2023$6,221184.1$2.61
Cass County, NE$226$304 2025$6,946176.6$2.54
Otoe County, NE$186—$5,550157.9$2.92
Median next door$236—$6,763181.6$2.54

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. Fremont 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/fremont-county
Every 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.