Greene County, Iowa
Greene County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $268 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,751 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 193.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Greene County runs $268 per acre, up 18.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census value of land and buildings stood at $10,751 per acre in 2022, after a 29.6 percent rise from 2017 to 2022, and rent equaled 2.36 percent of that value. Corn yield trend is up 3.3 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 193.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 124.6 in 2012. Heat and drought caused 56 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and its share moved from 3 percent in 1989-1999 to 15 percent in 2000-2009 to 72 percent in 2010-2019 to 32 percent in 2020-2025. Wind operating capacity is 72.7 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.
IA median $266 · 47th highest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 17th highest of 99
IA median 190.1 · tied for 25th highest of 95
IA median $2.49 · tied for 31st lowest of 99
IA median 51% · 21st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene County | $268 | $10,751 | 193.2 | $2.07 |
| Boone County | $263 | $10,746 | 192.4 | $2.20 |
| Calhoun County | $267 | $10,686 | 194.0 | $1.62 |
| Carroll County | $305 | $10,742 | 195.7 | $2.67 |
| Dallas County | $241 | $10,688 | 183.7 | $2.60 |
| Guthrie County | $248 | $8,494 | 176.1 | $2.80 |
| Webster County | $275 | $10,795 | 194.2 | $1.54 |
| Median next door | $265 | $10,715 | 193.2 | $2.40 |
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. Greene 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/greene-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.