Holt County, Missouri
Holt County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $217 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,713 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 174.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29087. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Holt County averages $217 per acre for 2026, up 20.6 percent from 2016. Land value from the 2022 census sits at $5,713 per acre, up 16.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.1 percent a year. Insurance history over 1989-2025 shows $167.0 million in indemnities, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 80 percent; heat and drought stayed lower, moving from 5 percent in 1989-1999 to 19 percent in 2000-2009, 14 percent in 2010-2019, and 10 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 124 of 1357 since 2000, with zero weeks from 2021-2025. Corn yield trend runs 4.8 bushels per acre a year on a 174 median, with 2012 the low year at 129.2. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
MO median $117 · 3rd highest of 109
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
MO median $4,459 · tied for 21st highest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 24th lowest of 96
MO median 32% · 14th highest 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holt County | $217 | — | $5,713 | — | $4.71 |
| Doniphan County, KS | $193 | — | $4,754 | — | $1.46 |
| Andrew County | $175 | — | $5,070 | — | $3.56 |
| Atchison County | $247 | $256 2023 | $6,221 | 184.1 | $2.61 |
| Nodaway County | $192 | — | $5,499 | — | $1.73 |
| Nemaha County, NE | $213 | $288 2023 | $6,778 | 169.3 | $2.72 |
| Richardson County, NE | $211 | — | $5,087 | 162.3 | $1.84 |
| Median next door | $202 | — | $5,293 | 169.3 | $2.23 |
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. Holt 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/holt-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.