Lee County, Iowa
Lee County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $242 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,412 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 173.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19111. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lee County runs $242 per acre, up 40.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value stood at $7,412 per acre in 2022, after a 43.5 percent gain from 2017 to 2022, 7.5 percent a year. Corn yields trend up 4.1 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 173.7 bushels per acre and a low of 103.2 in 2010. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has climbed across every decade listed: 11 percent in 1989-1999, 33 percent in 2000-2009, 42 percent in 2010-2019, 48 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks stayed low recently, 4 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, and irrigation covers only 1 percent of harvested cropland.
IA median $266 · tied for 22nd lowest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 20th lowest of 99
IA median 190.1 · 14th lowest of 95
IA median $2.49 · tied for 27th lowest of 99
IA median 51% · 17th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County | $242 | — | $7,412 | 173.7 | $2.04 |
| Des Moines County | $253 | $251 2023 | $7,802 | 190.2 | $1.48 |
| Henry County | $253 | — | $7,797 | 175.0 | $1.70 |
| Van Buren County | $197 | — | $5,451 | 152.7 | $4.29 |
| Hancock County, IL | $284 | — | $9,460 | 202.2 | $1.40 |
| Henderson County, IL | $292 | $220 2024 | $8,869 | 199.2 | $1.67 |
| Clark County, MO | $157 | — | $4,859 | — | $4.31 |
| Median next door | $253 | — | $7,800 | 190.2 | $1.69 |
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. Lee 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/lee-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.