Barton County, Missouri
Barton County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $83 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,126 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 148.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Barton County averages $83 per acre for 2026, up 12.2 percent from 2016. Land value under the census reached $4,126 per acre in 2022, up 49.9 percent from 2017, and non-irrigated rent that year worked out to 1.88 percent of that value. Heat and drought has driven a growing share of crop insurance indemnities, rising from 26 percent in 1989-1999 and 23 percent in 2000-2009 to 54 percent in 2010-2019 and 61 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 59 out of the 2021-2025 span, against 141 of 1357 weeks for 2000-2025 overall. Wind operating capacity stands at 149.4 MW; solar operating capacity is 0 MW.
MO median $117 · 42nd lowest of 109
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
MO median $4,459 · 46th lowest of 113
MO median 148.2 · 19th highest of 39
MO median $6.71 · 18th highest of 96
MO median 32% · 33rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton County | $83 | $170 2024 | $4,126 | 148.7 | $14.23 |
| Crawford County, KS | $74 | — | $3,097 | — | $16.00 |
| Cedar County | $53 | — | $3,763 | — | $22.70 |
| Dade County | $66 | — | $3,520 | 118.5 | $11.62 |
| Jasper County | $96 | $159 2023 | $4,178 | — | $13.88 |
| Vernon County | $115 | — | $4,000 | — | $19.27 |
| Median next door | $74 | — | $3,763 | 118.5 1 co. | $16.00 |
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. Barton 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/barton-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.