Farmland Atlas · county record

Dade County, Missouri

Dade County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $66 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,520 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 118.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$66/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 34th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$3,520/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 25th lowest of 113
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.49
$66 ÷ 135.3 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
118.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 135.3
MO median 148.2 · lowest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.62
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 23rd highest of 96
Farmland rented
33%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 56th highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$50$66 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$66/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.0%nominal, $55 to $66
Pasture, 2026$38/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.49$66 ÷ 135.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,520/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,192/ac
Census 2017$2,807/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+25.4%+4.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024114.0167.3150.5median 118.5

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

Median, 2008–2025118.5 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025135.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 36.8 bu/ac31% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.4 bu/ac a year±3.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.643.040.561.00: 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$11.62
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.81claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.87$34.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 18
Worst year2011ratio 3.04
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 68% · excess moisture 23% · freeze 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250336

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, 2000–202597 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200633 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202536 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.7 °F1991–2020 normal 67.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.20 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20226%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland1,075 ac
Farmed no-till, 202229% of cropland38,905 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland5,313 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202127312,366442

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

CRP enrolled, 2025442 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202892 ac21% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$58/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202283,715+32.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202233%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dade County$66—$3,520118.5$11.62
Barton County$83$170 2024$4,126148.7$14.23
Cedar County$53—$3,763—$22.70
Greene County$50—$7,004—$24.42
Jasper County$96$159 2023$4,178—$13.88
Lawrence County$68—$4,465—$23.38
Polk County$48—$3,857—$25.62
Median next door$60—$4,152148.7 1 co.$23.04

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. Dade 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/dade-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.