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Christian County, Missouri

Christian County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $46 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,535 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 109.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value reached $5,535 per acre in 2022, up 37.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. Median corn yield 2008-2020 is 109.9 bushels per acre, with 2011 the worst year at 60. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated as of the 2022 census. July nights average 67.3 F for 2017-2026 against a 66 F normal for 1991-2020, with a trend of 0.34 F per decade and no clear direction. The county saw 22 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$46/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 20th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$5,535/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 26th highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 30% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, 2008–2020 median
109.9 bu/ac
8 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$29.43
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 2nd highest of 96
Farmland rented
31%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 50th lowest of 114

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$35$46 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$46/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+44.4%nominal, $32 to $46
Pasture, 2026$38/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,535/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,124/ac
Census 2017$4,027/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+37.4%+6.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 30% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020133.0120.099.860.0138.6120.975.091.7median 109.9

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

Median, 2008–2020109.9 bu/ac8 published years
Lowest published year2011: 60.0 bu/ac55% of median

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. 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$29.43
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.25claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20251.57$2.5 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025heat and drought 82% · excess moisture 10% · price decline (revenue policies) 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202531611

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, 2000–202565 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201216 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202522 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.3 °F1991–2020 normal 66.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.34 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September26.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland180 ac
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland2,007 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland475 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102160

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20257.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202247,798+14.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202231%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Christian County$46$5,535$29.43
Douglas County$32$2,936—
Greene County$50$7,004$24.42
Lawrence County$68$4,465$23.38
Stone County$37 2023$4,003—
Taney County$24$3,385—
Webster County$37$4,559$32.31
Median next door$37$4,234$24.42

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. Christian 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/christian-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.