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Ralls County, Missouri

Ralls County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $165 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,816 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 148.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29173. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Ralls County is $165 per acre in 2026, up 19.6 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $5,816 per acre, up 51.1 percent from 2017, 8.6 percent a year, so rent sits at 2.94 percent of land value. Solar proposed to EIA stands at 60 MW; none operating yet.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$165/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · tied for 24th highest of 109
Land and buildings
$5,816/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 18th highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
2.94%
$171 dry rent ÷ $5,816 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
148.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 172.2
MO median 148.2 · 20th lowest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.68
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 47th lowest of 96
Farmland rented
54%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 8th highest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$90$165 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$165/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+19.6%nominal, $138 to $165
Pasture, 2026$39/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.96$165 ÷ 172.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,816/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,210/ac
Census 2017$3,850/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+51.1%+8.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.94%$171 ÷ $5,816; cropland 75% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024143.0200.1median 148.2

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

Median, 2008–2025148.2 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025172.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 40.7 bu/ac28% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.5 bu/ac a year±3.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620210.206.640.131.00: 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$6.68
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.61claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.95$112.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 25
Worst year2012ratio 6.64
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 63% · excess moisture 31% · price decline (revenue policies) 2%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202510157

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, 2000–202559 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202315 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.5 °F1991–2020 normal 66.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.06 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September25.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 90% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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, 20222% of cropland3,096 ac
Farmed no-till, 202220% of cropland28,722 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland12,475 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202143020,8669,459

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

CRP enrolled, 20259,459 ac7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,386 ac15% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$169/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20228,332−45.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202254%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Ralls County$165—$5,816148.2$6.68
Pike County, IL$219—$8,049—$2.41
Audrain County$179$193 2024$6,387146.0$4.29
Marion County$185—$6,203164.0$5.51
Monroe County$171—$5,186138.8$7.46
Pike County$148—$4,561151.9$6.09
Median next door$179—$6,203149.0$5.51

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. Ralls 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/ralls-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.