Bates County, Missouri
Bates County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $155 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,006 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 153.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Bates County runs $155 per acre for 2026, up 69.4 percent from 2016. Corn yield has trended up 1.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 153.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 119 in 2010. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025 at 58 percent of $166.4 million paid, and its share rose from 44 percent in 1989-1999 to 63 percent in 2010-2019 before easing to 55 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland, so this yield and rent record was built mostly on rainfall. Census land value stands at $4,006 per acre, up 29.6 percent from 2017 to 2022.
MO median $117 · 36th highest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 41st lowest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 35th highest of 96
MO median 32% · 19th 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates County | $155 | $4,006 | — | $8.32 |
| Linn County, KS | $97 | $3,041 | — | $10.90 |
| Miami County, KS | $87 | $4,190 | 132.2 | $8.82 |
| Cass County | $130 | $4,459 | 140.7 | $6.78 |
| Henry County | $97 | $4,028 | — | $9.53 |
| St. Clair County | $109 | $3,962 | — | $16.83 |
| Vernon County | $115 | $4,000 | — | $19.27 |
| Median next door | $103 | $4,014 | 136.5 2 co. | $10.22 |
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. Bates 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/bates-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.