Atchison County, Missouri
Atchison County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $247 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,221 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 184.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Atchison County averages $247 per acre in 2026, up 28.6 percent from 2016. Census land value came to $6,221 per acre in 2022, up 26.9 percent from 2017, 4.9 percent a year. Non-irrigated rent in 2022 ran 3.26 percent of that census value. Flood and excess moisture drove 61 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid out from 1989-2025, more than heat and drought in any of the listed periods. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse fell from 106 of 1357 weeks over 2000-2025 to 3 in 2021-2025. Wind operating capacity stands at 800.4 MW; no solar operates and no new solar or wind is proposed to EIA.
MO median $117 · highest of 109
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
MO median $4,459 · 13th highest of 113
MO median 148.2 · highest of 39
MO median $6.71 · 4th lowest of 96
MO median 32% · 9th highest of 114
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison County | $247 | $256 2023 | $6,221 | 184.1 | $2.61 |
| Fremont County, IA | $215 | — | $7,991 | 191.5 | $2.91 |
| Page County, IA | $236 | — | $6,763 | 181.6 | $1.23 |
| Holt County | $217 | — | $5,713 | — | $4.71 |
| Nodaway County | $192 | — | $5,499 | — | $1.73 |
| Nemaha County, NE | $213 | $288 2023 | $6,778 | 169.3 | $2.72 |
| Otoe County, NE | $186 | — | $5,550 | 157.9 | $2.92 |
| Median next door | $214 | — | $6,238 | 175.5 | $2.82 |
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. Atchison 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/atchison-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.