Montgomery County, Missouri
Montgomery County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $119 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,802 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 126.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29139. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Montgomery County averages $119 per acre in 2026, up 22.7 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $5,802 per acre in 2022, up 53.9 percent from 2017, 9 percent a year. Corn yields trend up 3.6 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 126.3 and a worst year of 31.1 in 2012. Heat and drought drove 50 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and that share moved 31 percent, 45 percent, 55 percent, then 45 percent across the four listed periods, so no single direction holds through all of them. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 closed crop years is 0.32.
MO median $117 · 53rd highest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 19th highest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 7th lowest of 96
MO median 32% · 35th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | $119 | — | $5,802 | — | $3.54 |
| Audrain County | $179 | $193 2024 | $6,387 | 146.0 | $4.29 |
| Callaway County | $131 | — | $4,653 | — | $6.50 |
| Gasconade County | $38 | — | $3,826 | 129.2 | $11.99 |
| Lincoln County | $149 | — | $5,019 | — | $5.06 |
| Osage County | $69 | — | $3,470 | 143.9 | $8.69 |
| Pike County | $148 | — | $4,561 | 151.9 | $6.09 |
| Warren County | $107 | — | $5,779 | 150.3 | $4.67 |
| Median next door | $131 | — | $4,653 | 146.0 | $6.09 |
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. Montgomery 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/montgomery-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.