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Carroll County, Missouri

Carroll County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $192 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,366 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 147.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Carroll County is $192 per acre in 2026, up 18.5 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census is $5,366 per acre, and rent is 2.76 percent of that figure. Corn yield trend is 3.9 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 147 bushels per acre and a worst year of 84.4 in 2012. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland, and no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$192/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · tied for 6th highest of 109
Land and buildings
$5,366/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 31st highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
2.76%
$148 dry rent ÷ $5,366 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
147.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 186.8
MO median 148.2 · 19th lowest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.90
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 34th lowest of 96
Farmland rented
43%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 18th highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$98$192 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$192/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+18.5%nominal, $162 to $192
Pasture, 2026$53/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.03$192 ÷ 186.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,366/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,134/ac
Census 2017$3,580/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+49.9%+8.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.76%$148 ÷ $5,366; cropland 79% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024147.0197.6median 147.0

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

Median, 2008–2025147.0 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025186.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 84.4 bu/ac57% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.9 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020251.852.760.041.00: 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$5.90
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.50claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.68$147.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 31
Worst year2019ratio 2.76
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 67% · heat and drought 28% · price decline (revenue policies) 2%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020257230

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, 2000–2025109 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200323 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.7 °F1991–2020 normal 67.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.06 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 20229% of cropland28,238 ac
Farmed no-till, 202227% of cropland84,992 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland12,138 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,21660,67340,231

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

CRP enrolled, 202540,231 ac13.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202811,795 ac29% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$185/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202224,360−11.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202243%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Carroll County$192$5,366147.0$5.90
Caldwell County$158$4,467143.3$6.62
Chariton County$156$4,955—$5.98
Lafayette County$226$7,328173.3$1.69
Livingston County$185$4,690142.7$6.91
Ray County$187$5,276—$4.58
Saline County$196$6,325170.3$2.43
Median next door$186$5,116156.8$5.28

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. Carroll 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/carroll-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.
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"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.