Jasper County, Missouri
Jasper County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $96 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,178 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 128.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Jasper County runs $96 per acre for 2026, up 50.4 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carry a census value of $4,178 per acre, with that value up 29.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.3 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 2 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 128.6 bushels per acre and a low of 34.4 in 2011. Heat and drought has driven a growing share of indemnities, from 32 percent in 1989-1999 to 34 percent in 2000-2009, 66 percent in 2010-2019, and 68 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks held to 35 of the possible weeks from 2021-2025, against a worst year of 26 weeks in 2006 alone.
MO median $117 · 45th lowest of 109
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
MO median $4,459 · 48th lowest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 19th highest of 96
MO median 32% · 50th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper County | $96 | $159 2023 | $4,178 | — | $13.88 |
| Cherokee County, KS | $70 | — | $2,676 | 117.0 | $12.57 |
| Crawford County, KS | $74 | — | $3,097 | — | $16.00 |
| Barton County | $83 | $170 2024 | $4,126 | 148.7 | $14.23 |
| Dade County | $66 | — | $3,520 | 118.5 | $11.62 |
| Lawrence County | $68 | — | $4,465 | — | $23.38 |
| Newton County | $60 | — | $4,732 | — | $15.13 |
| Median next door | $69 | — | $3,823 | 118.5 | $14.68 |
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. Jasper 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/jasper-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.