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Schuyler County, Missouri

Schuyler County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $97 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,152 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29197. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Schuyler County averages $97 per acre for 2026, down 14.9 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $4,152 per acre in 2022, up 60.9 percent from 2017. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $36.0 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 52 percent. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 16 percent in 1989-1999, 13 percent in 2000-2009, 51 percent in 2010-2019, to 63 percent in 2020-2025. Wind operations in the county total 400 MW, with 0 MW solar and no projects of either kind proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$97/ac

2026 county average
MO median $117 · 47th lowest of 109

Land and buildings

$4,152/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 47th lowest of 113

Rent as % of land value

—

not shown: cropland is 48% 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

$6.49

2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 42nd lowest of 96

Farmland rented

35%

2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 44th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$97/ac

Change 2016 to 2026−14.9%nominal, $114 to $97

Pasture, 2026$54/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,152/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,226/ac

Census 2017$2,581/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+60.9%+10.0% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 48% 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

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$6.49

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.44claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.92$36.0 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium8 of 18

Worst year2012ratio 3.92

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 52% · heat and drought 44% · price decline (revenue policies) 2%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025107 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202331 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202533 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.8 °F1991–2020 normal 65.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976−0.02 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September27.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 90% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 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, 20223% of cropland1,958 ac

Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland15,163 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland728 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20256,620 ac10.4% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028734 ac11% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$124/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 400 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202230,817−9.4% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Schuyler County	$97	$4,152	—	$6.49
Appanoose County, IA	$173	$4,927	153.0	$5.03
Davis County, IA	$182	$5,154	152.5	$5.02
Adair County	$121	$4,098	—	$3.57
Putnam County	$118	$3,789	—	$6.22
Scotland County	$175	$5,438	—	$3.78
Median next door	$173	$4,927	152.8 2 co.	$5.02

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. Schuyler 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/schuyler-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.

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