Howell County, Missouri
Howell County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $47 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,894 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Howell County averages $47 per acre in 2026, up 64.9 percent from 2016. Land value stood at $2,894 per acre in the 2022 Census, operator estimate, up 35 percent from 2017, a 6.2 percent annual pace. Heat and drought drove 96 percent of the county's $1.6 million in crop insurance indemnities across the 2015-2025 closed crop years, and that share rose from 87 percent in 2010-2019 to 97 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.98, close to break-even between premium and indemnity. July nights have warmed from a 66.1 F normal (1991-2020) to 68.1 F over 2017-2026, part of a 0.57 F per decade trend since 1976.
MO median $117 · tied for 22nd lowest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 12th lowest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 12th highest of 96
MO median 32% · 14th lowest 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
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2014. 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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howell County | $47 | $2,894 | $18.02 |
| Fulton County, AR | $32 | $2,239 | — |
| Douglas County | $32 | $2,936 | — |
| Oregon County | $28 | $2,560 | — |
| Ozark County | $32 | $2,762 | — |
| Shannon County | $22 2025 | $2,396 | — |
| Texas County | $57 | $3,220 | — |
| Median next door | $32 | $2,661 | — |
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. Howell 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/howell-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.