Dent County, Missouri
Dent County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,920 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dent County is $20 per acre in 2026, down 24.5 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $2,920 per acre, up 39.6 percent from 2017, 6.9 percent a year. Cropland here is mostly unirrigated: 2 percent of harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census. July nightly lows average 65.7 F for 2017-2026, against a 64.5 F normal for 1991-2020, with no clear direction in the trend since 1976. Drought at severe or worse covered 4.1 percent of weeks from 2000-2025, with 10 weeks in 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
MO median $117 · 3rd lowest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 13th lowest of 113
MO median 32% · 27th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dent County | $20 | $2,920 |
| Crawford County | $25 | $2,882 |
| Iron County | $20 2025 | $2,697 |
| Phelps County | $17 2025 | $3,912 |
| Reynolds County | $43 | $2,655 |
| Shannon County | $22 2025 | $2,396 |
| Texas County | $57 | $3,220 |
| Median next door | $43 | $2,790 |
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. Dent 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/dent-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.