Mercer County, Missouri
Mercer County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $139 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,903 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29129. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Mercer County averages $139 per acre for 2026, up 23 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census was $3,903 per acre, up 44.9 percent from 2017, or 7.7 percent a year. No harvested cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census. Crop insurance indemnities since 1989 total $57.7 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 49 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 15 percent in 1989-1999 to 16 percent in 2000-2009 to 50 percent in 2010-2019 to 47 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 91 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 3 from 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
MO median $117 · 45th highest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 35th lowest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 44th lowest of 96
MO median 32% · 47th 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
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County | $139 | $3,903 | — | $6.57 |
| Decatur County, IA | $167 | $5,732 | 159.3 | $4.68 |
| Wayne County, IA | $199 | $5,741 | 158.0 | $3.73 |
| Grundy County | $165 | $4,305 | — | $4.58 |
| Harrison County | $136 | $3,799 | — | $4.41 |
| Putnam County | $118 | $3,789 | — | $6.22 |
| Sullivan County | $123 | $3,213 | — | $8.58 |
| Median next door | $151 | $4,052 | 158.7 2 co. | $4.63 |
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. Mercer 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/mercer-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.