Jefferson County, Iowa
Jefferson County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $244 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,951 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 167.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19101. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jefferson County stands at $244 per acre for 2026, up 15.6 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $6,951 per acre, up 25.5 percent from 2017, or 4.6 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 167.2 bushels per acre against a worst year of 98.5 in 2010. Excess moisture and flood is the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 46 percent, but the heat and drought share has moved 19 percent, 12 percent, 53 percent, 55 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Solar and wind capacity, operating or proposed, is 0 MW.
IA median $266 · tied for 24th lowest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 15th lowest of 99
IA median 190.1 · 11th lowest of 95
IA median $2.49 · tied for 29th highest of 99
IA median 51% · 24th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | $244 | $6,951 | 167.2 | $2.99 |
| Henry County | $253 | $7,797 | 175.0 | $1.70 |
| Keokuk County | $236 | $7,382 | 175.4 | $1.69 |
| Van Buren County | $197 | $5,451 | 152.7 | $4.29 |
| Wapello County | $247 | $6,657 | 164.9 | $2.79 |
| Washington County | $286 | $9,552 | 185.6 | $1.27 |
| Median next door | $247 | $7,382 | 175.0 | $1.70 |
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. Jefferson 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/jefferson-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.