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Jasper County, Iowa

Jasper County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $264 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,750 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 198.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19099. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Jasper County is $264 per acre for 2026, up 10.5 percent from 2016. The census puts land and buildings at $8,750 per acre in 2022, with land value change 2017-2022 of 34.4 percent, or 6.1 percent a year. Corn yield trend on published years 2008-2023 runs 4 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 198.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 150.9 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities across 1989-2025 at 30 percent of $111.3 million paid, and its share by period runs 6 percent, 18 percent, 38 percent, then 24 percent. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with 0 MW proposed to EIA for each.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$264/ac
2026 county average
IA median $266 · 47th lowest of 99
Land and buildings
$8,750/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
IA median $9,410 · 41st lowest of 99
Rent as % of land value
2.82%
$247 dry rent ÷ $8,750 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
198.9 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 213.7
IA median 190.1 · 9th highest of 95
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$1.59
2016–2025, closed crop years
IA median $2.49 · 13th lowest of 99
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
IA median 51% · 38th lowest of 99

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$172$264 dry

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$264/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+10.5%nominal, $239 to $264
Pasture, 2026$48/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.24$264 ÷ 213.7 bu, county yield 2019–2023

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,750/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,217/ac
Census 2017$6,512/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.4%+6.1% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.82%$247 ÷ $8,750; cropland 86% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022182.0221.7218.0median 198.9

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

Median, 2008–2023198.9 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023213.7 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 150.9 bu/ac76% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+4.0 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.192.570.231.00: 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$1.59
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.31claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.49$111.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 34
Worst year2020ratio 2.57
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 30% · excess moisture 28% · price decline (revenue policies) 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202514290

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, 2000–2025125 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201329 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202539 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.8 °F1991–2020 normal 63.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.18 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 88% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202267% of cropland251,754 ac
Farmed no-till, 202256% of cropland211,284 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland13,660 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202187229,00612,450

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,450 ac3.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,687 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$230/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202227,348+8.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Jasper County$264$8,750198.9$1.59
Mahaska County$244$7,959188.1$1.30
Marion County$230$7,647175.2$1.42
Marshall County$286$9,375203.1$3.73
Polk County$258$9,677186.6$2.07
Poweshiek County$278$8,752195.6$2.72
Story County$290$10,914188.7$2.44
Median next door$268$9,064188.4$2.26

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. Jasper 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/jasper-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.