Saline County, Missouri
Saline County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $196 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,325 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 170.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29195. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Saline County runs $196 per acre, up 30.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value sits at $6,325 per acre, up 57.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, 9.5 percent a year. Corn yield trend is 4.1 bushels per acre a year against a median of 170.3, with 2012 the worst year at 84.3. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has climbed across the periods given: 24 percent in 1989-1999, 27 percent in 2000-2009, 53 percent in 2010-2019, 55 percent in 2020-2025, and it accounts for 49 percent of all indemnities paid from 1989-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and drought weeks ran higher in 2021-2025 than the 2000-2025 count suggests on its own: 42 of that later stretch against 114 total since 2000.
MO median $117 · 5th highest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 12th highest of 113
MO median 148.2 · 7th highest of 39
MO median $6.71 · 3rd lowest of 96
MO median 32% · 13th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline County | $196 | — | $6,325 | 170.3 | $2.43 |
| Carroll County | $192 | — | $5,366 | 147.0 | $5.90 |
| Chariton County | $156 | — | $4,955 | — | $5.98 |
| Cooper County | $144 | — | $5,376 | — | $8.07 |
| Howard County | $142 | $243 2025 | $3,853 | — | $6.18 |
| Lafayette County | $226 | — | $7,328 | 173.3 | $1.69 |
| Pettis County | $149 | — | $4,906 | 133.7 | $6.20 |
| Median next door | $153 | — | $5,161 | 147.0 | $6.08 |
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. Saline 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/saline-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.