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Clark County, Missouri

Clark County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $157 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,859 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 154.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Clark County averages $157 per acre in 2026, up 11.3 percent from 2016. Cropland here is 3 percent irrigated, so yields track rain and heat rather than pumped water. Flood risk dominates the insurance record: excess moisture and flood account for 56 percent of the $105.4 million paid out over 1989-2025, closed crop years. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved from 22 percent in 1989-1999 to 24 percent in 2000-2009, 38 percent in 2010-2019, and 50 percent in 2020-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$157/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · tied for 31st highest of 109
Land and buildings
$4,859/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 43rd highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
3.27%
$159 dry rent ÷ $4,859 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
154.0 bu/ac
8 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.31
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 17th lowest of 96
Farmland rented
39%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 32nd highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$84$157 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$157/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+11.3%nominal, $141 to $157
Pasture, 2026$40/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,859/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,654/ac
Census 2017$3,575/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.9%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.27%$159 ÷ $4,859; cropland 63% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024142.0166.082.9100.668.6173.5166.6205.5median 154.0

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

Median, 2008–2025154.0 bu/ac8 published years
Lowest published year2012: 68.6 bu/ac45% of median

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.422.510.081.00: 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$4.31
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.32claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.71$105.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 30
Worst year2010ratio 2.51
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 56% · heat and drought 36% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202512190

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, 2000–2025103 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201219 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.9 °F1991–2020 normal 66.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.02 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 90% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20223%
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland6,897 ac
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland29,607 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland6,006 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202163030,49913,295

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

CRP enrolled, 202513,295 ac10.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,396 ac11% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$155/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202215,654+1.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Clark County$157$4,859—$4.31
Lee County, IA$242$7,412173.7$2.04
Van Buren County, IA$197$5,451152.7$4.29
Hancock County, IL$284$9,460202.2$1.40
Knox County$173$4,706—$5.16
Lewis County$176$4,861144.3$4.74
Scotland County$175$5,438—$3.78
Median next door$187$5,445163.2$4.04

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. Clark 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/clark-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.