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Henry County, Missouri

Henry County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $97 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,028 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 124.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29083. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value reached $4,028 per acre in 2022, up 49.7 percent from 2017, and rent equals 2.58 percent of that value. Solar development is proposed at 400 MW; none is operating yet.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$97/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 46th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$4,028/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 44th lowest of 113
Rent as % of land value
2.58%
$104 dry rent ÷ $4,028 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
124.8 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 125.9
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.53
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 27th highest of 96
Farmland rented
36%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 42nd highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$49$97 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$97/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.1%nominal, $81 to $97
Pasture, 2026$45/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.77$97 ÷ 125.9 bu, county yield 2019–2023

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,028/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,124/ac
Census 2017$2,690/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+49.7%+8.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.58%$104 ÷ $4,028; cropland 57% of land in farms

Corn yield

2008201020122014201620182020202290.0162.1123.6median 124.8

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

Median, 2008–2023124.8 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023125.9 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 34.5 bu/ac28% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+4.0 bu/ac a year±4.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.384.790.991.00: 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$9.53
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.67claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.88$70.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 22
Worst year2012ratio 4.79
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 60% · excess moisture 34% · price decline (revenue policies) 2%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020251340

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, 2000–2025116 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202334 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202542 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.5 °F1991–2020 normal 68.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.07 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 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, 20221% of cropland1,616 ac
Farmed no-till, 202235% of cropland72,378 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland10,650 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202140919,5101,184

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,184 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028721 ac61% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$90/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202273,599+2.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202236%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Henry County$97$4,028—$9.53
Bates County$155$4,006—$8.32
Benton County$75$4,020—$8.95
Cass County$130$4,459140.7$6.78
Johnson County$105$4,787136.1$7.73
Pettis County$149$4,906133.7$6.20
St. Clair County$109$3,962—$16.83
Median next door$120$4,240136.1$8.03

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. Henry 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/henry-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.

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