Ozark County, Missouri
Ozark County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,762 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29153. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Ozark County averages $32 per acre for 2026, down 39.4 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 was $2,762 per acre, with land value up 29.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.3 percent a year. None of the harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. July nights average 67.9 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 66.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.33 F per decade with no clear direction. The county held 19 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 61 weeks total from 2000-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
MO median $117 · tied for 9th lowest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 8th lowest of 113
MO median 32% · 13th lowest 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
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark County | $32 | $2,762 | — |
| Baxter County, AR | $26 | $3,094 | — |
| Fulton County, AR | $32 | $2,239 | — |
| Marion County, AR | $30 | $2,692 | — |
| Douglas County | $32 | $2,936 | — |
| Howell County | $47 | $2,894 | $18.02 |
| Taney County | $24 | $3,385 | — |
| Median next door | $31 | $2,915 | $18.02 1 co. |
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. Ozark 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/ozark-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.