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Harrison County, Missouri

Harrison County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $136 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,799 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 135.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29081. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Harrison County stands at $136 per acre for 2026, down 7.5 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings was $3,799 per acre in 2022, and that rent-to-value figure sat at 3.84 percent that year. Corn yields rose over 2008-2025 by a fitted 4.2 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 135.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 43.8 in 2012. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities moved 22 percent, 30 percent, 64 percent, 54 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Drought weeks dropped to 5 in 2021-2025 from a county count of 103 of 1357 weeks since 2000. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$136/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 46th highest of 109
Land and buildings
$3,799/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 30th lowest of 113
Rent as % of land value
3.84%
$146 dry rent ÷ $3,799 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
135.1 bu/ac
10 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.41
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 19th lowest of 96
Farmland rented
29%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 40th lowest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$96$136 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$136/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−7.5%nominal, $147 to $136
Pasture, 2026$46/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,799/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,494/ac
Census 2017$2,768/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+37.2%+6.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.84%$146 ÷ $3,799; cropland 69% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024120.0123.0100.2108.043.8147.2164.7155.9159.3162.1median 135.1

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

Median, 2008–2025135.1 bu/ac10 published years
Lowest published year2012: 43.8 bu/ac32% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+4.2 bu/ac a year±3.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.233.560.081.00: 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$4.41
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.33claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.74$112.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 26
Worst year2012ratio 3.56
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 55% · excess moisture 39% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202511400

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, 2000–2025103 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200340 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20255 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.3 °F1991–2020 normal 65.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.03 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 91% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20227% of cropland20,579 ac
Farmed no-till, 202228% of cropland78,771 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland10,024 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213,98979,74956,588

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

CRP enrolled, 202556,588 ac22.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20289,227 ac16% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$150/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202227,015−37.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Harrison County$136$3,799—$4.41
Decatur County, IA$167$5,732159.3$4.68
Ringgold County, IA$201$5,670—$2.72
Daviess County$175$4,517—$6.66
Gentry County$160$4,448—$6.97
Grundy County$165$4,305—$4.58
Mercer County$139$3,903—$6.57
Worth County$188$3,888144.4$3.26
Median next door$167$4,448151.9 2 co.$4.68

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Harrison 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/harrison-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.