Farmland Atlas · county record

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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$32/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · tied for 9th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$2,762/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 8th lowest of 113
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 12% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 13th lowest of 114

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50201520202025$31$32 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$32/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−39.4%nominal, $52 to $32
Pasture, 2026$16/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,762/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,624/ac
Census 2017$2,133/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+29.5%+5.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 12% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202581711

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, 2000–202561 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201217 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.9 °F1991–2020 normal 66.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.5 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, 2022under 1% of cropland120 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland653 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland111 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210480

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 202250,469+18.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims 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-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.