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Linn County, Missouri

Linn County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $134 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,261 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 139.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Linn County is $134 per acre in 2026, up 14.5 percent from 2016. Land value came in at $4,261 per acre in 2022, up 47.8 percent from 2017, 8.1 percent a year, and rent is 3.1 percent of land value. Cropland here is not irrigated: 0 percent of harvested cropland and 0 percent of irrigation water from groundwater, so drought exposure runs through the crop itself.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$134/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 48th highest of 109
Land and buildings
$4,261/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 50th lowest of 113
Rent as % of land value
3.1%
$132 dry rent ÷ $4,261 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
139.0 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 161.5
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.86
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 31st highest of 96
Farmland rented
34%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 53rd highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140$1602010201520202025$78$134 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$134/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+14.5%nominal, $117 to $134
Pasture, 2026$48/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.83$134 ÷ 161.5 bu, county yield 2019–2023

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,261/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,416/ac
Census 2017$2,883/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+47.8%+8.1% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.1%$132 ÷ $4,261; cropland 60% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022139.0146.0107.2116.451.3101.5160.2168.5126.9165.8157.2median 139.0

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

Median, 2008–2023139.0 bu/ac11 published years
Recent level, 2019–2023161.5 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 51.3 bu/ac37% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+3.1 bu/ac a year±4.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920240.442.780.251.00: 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$8.86
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.63claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.89$101.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 22
Worst year2012ratio 2.78
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 49% · heat and drought 45% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202510240

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, 2000–202591 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200324 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.2 °F1991–2020 normal 66.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.01 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20228% of cropland15,901 ac
Farmed no-till, 202243% of cropland83,835 ac
Cover crops, 202210% of cropland20,256 ac
198619911996200120062011201620214,32467,32333,816

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

CRP enrolled, 202533,816 ac17.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20287,481 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$147/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202248,947−10.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Linn County$134$4,261—$8.86
Adair County$121$4,098—$3.57
Chariton County$156$4,955—$5.98
Grundy County$165$4,305—$4.58
Livingston County$185$4,690142.7$6.91
Macon County$135$4,026—$4.37
Sullivan County$123$3,213—$8.58
Median next door$146$4,202142.7 1 co.$5.28

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. Linn 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/linn-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.