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Dunklin County, Missouri

Dunklin County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $131 an acre (2025); land and buildings $6,938 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 173.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigation is what defines land quality here. Non-irrigated cash rent is $131 per acre in 2025, up 7.4 percent from 2014, while irrigated cash rent is $203 per acre in 2024.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$131/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$203/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,938/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 3rd highest of 113
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
173.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 172.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
MO median 148.2 · 4th highest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.36
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 34th highest of 96
Farmland rented
78%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 2nd highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$89$131 dry$131$203 irrigated

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, 2025$131/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+7.4%nominal, $122 to $131
Irrigated, 2024$203/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,938/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,770/ac
Census 2017$5,090/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.3%+6.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 64% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024168.0192.4162.0median 173.0

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

Median, 2008–2025173.0 bu/ac16 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025172.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 150.0 bu/ac87% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+0.7 bu/ac a year±1.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.081.991.00: 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$8.36
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.11claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.89$120.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 31
Worst year2025ratio 1.99
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 67% · heat and drought 19% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202510214

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, 2000–2025101 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201221 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202671.7 °F1991–2020 normal 70.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.40 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202264%
Drained by tile, 202216% of cropland47,822 ac
Farmed no-till, 202230% of cropland89,982 ac
Cover crops, 202230% of cropland89,703 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021901,977642

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

CRP enrolled, 2025642 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028180 ac28% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$137/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20254.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,294+31.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202278%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dunklin County$131 2025$203 2024$6,938173.0$8.36
Clay County, AR$42 2025$195$4,788183.0$7.12
Craighead County, AR$55 2023$159$4,451184.4$9.27
Greene County, AR$105$192$4,818176.0$10.77
Mississippi County, AR$169$184$4,584174.5$3.74
Butler County$75$226 2025$5,085—$7.60
New Madrid County$161$227$6,704171.9$6.72
Pemiscot County$157$185$6,687—$5.07
Stoddard County$113$208$6,814172.5$6.69
Median next door$135$192$4,952175.3$6.92

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. Dunklin 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/dunklin-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.