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Perry County, Missouri

Perry County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $116 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,388 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 154.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29157. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Perry County is $116 per acre in 2026, up 12.6 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $4,388 per acre, up 34.1 percent from 2017. Irrigation failure indemnities are 0 million dollars across all years, and solar and wind capacity are not present in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$116/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 54th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$4,388/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 53rd lowest of 113
Rent as % of land value
2.92%
$128 dry rent ÷ $4,388 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
154.0 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 160.7
MO median 148.2 · 13th highest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.22
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 29th lowest of 96
Farmland rented
34%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 49th highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$67$116 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$116/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+12.6%nominal, $103 to $116
Pasture, 2026$45/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.72$116 ÷ 160.7 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,388/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,673/ac
Census 2017$3,273/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.1%+6.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.92%$128 ÷ $4,388; cropland 56% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024154.0177.5168.6median 154.0

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2024154.0 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024160.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 60.7 bu/ac39% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+1.8 bu/ac a year±3.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.533.560.831.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$5.22
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.49claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.68$37.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 18
Worst year2012ratio 3.56
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 48% · heat and drought 46% · other 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250122

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, 2000–202535 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201212 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202513 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.7 °F1991–2020 normal 67.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland1,348 ac
Farmed no-till, 202244% of cropland48,022 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland6,381 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213628,6602,735

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,735 ac2.8% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028750 ac27% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$119/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202236,968+12.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Perry County$116—$4,388154.0$5.22
Jackson County, IL$172—$5,094162.2$5.88
Randolph County, IL$166—$7,679144.4$4.96
Union County, IL$87—$5,116—$12.50
Bollinger County$68—$3,609—$11.08
Cape Girardeau County$117$257 2025$4,745155.8$6.85
Madison County$36—$2,627——
St. Francois County$63—$5,052—$9.40
Ste. Genevieve County$104—$4,393151.6$7.64
Median next door$95—$4,899153.7$7.64

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Perry 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/perry-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.
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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.