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Andrew County, Missouri

Andrew County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $175 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,070 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 148.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Andrew County averages $175 per acre for 2026, up 15.9 percent from 2016. Land carries a census value of $5,070 per acre, and cash rent runs 3.14 percent of that value against the 2022 figure. Corn yields trended up 4.1 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2023, with a median of 148 bushels per acre and a low of 71 in 2012. Heat and drought has driven crop insurance indemnities, rising from 17 percent of losses in 1989-1999 to 53 percent in 2010-2019, then 33 percent in 2020-2025, and the county logged zero weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$175/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · tied for 17th highest of 109
Land and buildings
$5,070/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 36th highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
3.14%
$159 dry rent ÷ $5,070 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
148.0 bu/ac
10 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.56
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 8th lowest of 96
Farmland rented
40%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 30th highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$93$175 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$175/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+15.9%nominal, $151 to $175
Pasture, 2026$51/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,070/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,558/ac
Census 2017$3,843/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.9%+5.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.14%$159 ÷ $5,070; cropland 75% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022135.0144.0111.271.0133.2171.9152.0161.2173.6175.7median 148.0

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

Median, 2008–2023148.0 bu/ac10 published years
Lowest published year2012: 71.0 bu/ac48% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+4.1 bu/ac a year±4.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.483.230.091.00: 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$3.56
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.39claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.61$66.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 25
Worst year2012ratio 3.23
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · excess moisture 43% · price decline (revenue policies) 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020258450

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, 2000–2025131 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200345 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.9 °F1991–2020 normal 66.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.06 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202218% of cropland21,785 ac
Farmed no-till, 202271% of cropland83,921 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland4,497 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202174621,4405,144

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,144 ac4.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,125 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$154/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202211,939−29.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202240%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Andrew County$175$5,070$3.56
Doniphan County, KS$193$4,754$1.46
Buchanan County$164$5,382$3.80
DeKalb County$156$4,456$4.63
Gentry County$160$4,448$6.97
Holt County$217$5,713$4.71
Nodaway County$192$5,499$1.73
Median next door$178$5,068$4.22

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Andrew County, Missouri. 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/missouri/andrew-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.