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Greene County, Missouri

Greene County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $50 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,004 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 135.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Greene County stands at $50 per acre, up 35.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Heat and drought drove 86 percent of crop insurance indemnities over 1995-2025, and that share rose to 89 percent in 2020-2025 from 82 percent in 2010-2019. The corn yield trend on published years 2008-2021 ran down 0.5 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 135.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 66.7 in 2018. July nightly lows averaged 67.9 F over 2017-2026, above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.5 F, and the county has warmed 0.42 F per decade since 1976. No cropland here is irrigated, per the 2022 census. Land value rose 47.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, 8.1 percent a year.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$50/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 25th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$7,004/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 2nd highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, 2008–2021 median
135.6 bu/ac
10 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$24.42
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 4th highest of 96
Farmland rented
39%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 34th highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$41$50 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$50/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+35.6%nominal, $37 to $50
Pasture, 2026$45/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,004/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,683/ac
Census 2017$4,745/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+47.6%+8.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021125.067.0150.0132.6138.6144.7150.566.788.6139.9median 135.6

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

Median, 2008–2021135.6 bu/ac10 published years
Lowest published year2018: 66.7 bu/ac49% of median
Trend, 2008–2021−0.5 bu/ac a year±7.0 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$24.42
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.31claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20251.55$8.2 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025heat and drought 86% · excess moisture 10% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025317

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, 2000–202569 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202517 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202534 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.9 °F1991–2020 normal 66.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.42 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger4.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland288 ac
Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland8,778 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,933 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210950

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20254.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202262,493−8.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Greene County$50$7,004—$24.42
Christian County$46$5,535—$29.43
Dade County$66$3,520118.5$11.62
Dallas County$32$4,179——
Lawrence County$68$4,465—$23.38
Polk County$48$3,857—$25.62
Webster County$37$4,559—$32.31
Median next door$47$4,322118.5 1 co.$25.62

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. Greene 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/greene-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.