Nodaway County, Missouri
Nodaway County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $192 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,499 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 129.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Nodaway County runs $192 per acre, up 8.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land and buildings were valued by operators at $5,499 per acre in 2022, after a change of 37.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, 6.5 percent a year. Corn yield trend for 2008-2018 was 3.7 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 129.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 88.1 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 at 46 percent, and its share moved 10 percent in 1989-1999, 39 percent in 2000-2009, 51 percent in 2010-2019, and 38 percent in 2020-2025. Wind operates at 528.9 MW; solar operating and proposed capacity are both 0 MW.
MO median $117 · tied for 6th highest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 27th highest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 2nd lowest of 96
MO median 32% · 37th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nodaway County | $192 | — | $5,499 | — | $1.73 |
| Page County, IA | $236 | — | $6,763 | 181.6 | $1.23 |
| Taylor County, IA | $228 | — | $6,835 | 161.7 | $2.03 |
| Andrew County | $175 | — | $5,070 | — | $3.56 |
| Atchison County | $247 | $256 2023 | $6,221 | 184.1 | $2.61 |
| Gentry County | $160 | — | $4,448 | — | $6.97 |
| Holt County | $217 | — | $5,713 | — | $4.71 |
| Worth County | $188 | — | $3,888 | 144.4 | $3.26 |
| Median next door | $217 | — | $5,713 | 171.7 | $3.26 |
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. Nodaway 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/nodaway-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.