Ida County, Iowa
Ida County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $291 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,698 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 203.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Ida County runs $291 per acre, up 3.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value in 2022 stood at $10,698 per acre, up 45.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.8 percent a year, and 2022 rent equaled 2.73 percent of that value. County corn yield trend runs 2.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 203.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 151.4 in 2012. Heat and drought drove 59 percent of indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share moved from 11 percent in 1989-1999 to 67 percent in 2000-2009, 55 percent in 2010-2019, and 67 percent in 2020-2025. Wind power operating in the county totals 502.1 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.
IA median $266 · tied for 16th highest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 22nd highest of 99
IA median 190.1 · tied for highest of 95
IA median $2.49 · tied for 40th highest of 99
IA median 51% · 6th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ida County | $291 | — | $10,698 | 203.1 | $2.72 |
| Cherokee County | $301 | — | $11,186 | 201.9 | $2.04 |
| Crawford County | $281 | — | $9,476 | 199.3 | $3.24 |
| Sac County | $290 | — | $11,519 | 196.8 | $2.21 |
| Woodbury County | $288 | $248 | $8,352 | 195.6 | $5.35 |
| Median next door | $289 | $248 1 co. | $10,331 | 198.1 | $2.73 |
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. Ida 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/ida-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.