Dallas County, Missouri
Dallas County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,179 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 111.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dallas County averages $32 per acre in 2026, up 14.5 percent from 2016. Land value under the census sits at $4,179 per acre, with a 64.7 percent change from 2017 to 2022, 10.5 percent a year. Corn yield median for 2011-2023 is 111.5 bushels per acre, with 2011 as the worst year at 42.5. Crop insurance indemnities for closed crop years 1995-2025 total $2.2 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 75 percent of that total, and its share rose from 74 percent in 2010-2019 to 78 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 67.8 F for 2017-2026 against a 66.6 F normal for 1991-2020. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
MO median $117 · tied for 9th lowest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 49th lowest of 113
MO median 32% · 24th lowest of 114
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas County | $32 | $4,179 | — |
| Camden County | $16 | $2,851 | — |
| Greene County | $50 | $7,004 | $24.42 |
| Hickory County | $58 | $3,566 | $22.85 |
| Laclede County | $39 | $3,518 | $20.76 |
| Polk County | $48 | $3,857 | $25.62 |
| Webster County | $37 | $4,559 | $32.31 |
| Median next door | $43 | $3,712 | $24.42 |
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. Dallas 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/dallas-countyEvery 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.