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Chariton County, Missouri

Chariton County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $156 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,955 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 143.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Chariton County is $156 per acre in 2026, up 31.1 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $4,955 per acre, up 44.1 percent from 2017, 7.6 percent a year. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland, and irrigation failure indemnities are 0 million dollars.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$156/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · tied for 34th highest of 109
Land and buildings
$4,955/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 40th highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
2.99%
$148 dry rent ÷ $4,955 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
143.0 bu/ac
11 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.98
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 36th lowest of 96
Farmland rented
34%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 51st highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$81$156 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$156/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+31.1%nominal, $119 to $156
Pasture, 2026$51/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,955/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,973/ac
Census 2017$3,439/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+44.1%+7.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.99%$148 ÷ $4,955; cropland 71% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024143.0146.0108.7121.357.2114.1187.8139.5178.8173.9208.9median 143.0

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

Median, 2008–2025143.0 bu/ac11 published years
Lowest published year2012: 57.2 bu/ac40% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+5.4 bu/ac a year±4.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020251.242.180.101.00: 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$5.98
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.54claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.72$129.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 31
Worst year2019ratio 2.18
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 64% · heat and drought 31% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020258210

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, 2000–2025100 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200321 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202524 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.0 °F1991–2020 normal 67.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.05 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% 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, 20228% of cropland20,848 ac
Farmed no-till, 202221% of cropland56,313 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland19,718 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212,70739,04817,147

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

CRP enrolled, 202517,147 ac7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,325 ac14% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$137/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202238,898−2.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Chariton County$156—$4,955—$5.98
Carroll County$192—$5,366147.0$5.90
Howard County$142$243 2025$3,853—$6.18
Linn County$134—$4,261—$8.86
Livingston County$185—$4,690142.7$6.91
Macon County$135—$4,026—$4.37
Randolph County$144—$4,578151.7$4.07
Saline County$196—$6,325170.3$2.43
Median next door$144—$4,578149.4$5.90

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. Chariton 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/chariton-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.