St. Clair County, Missouri
St. Clair County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $109 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,962 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 125.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29185. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in St. Clair County is $109 per acre for 2026, up 27.5 percent from 2016. None of the harvested cropland is irrigated, per the 2022 census. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $54.4 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 64 percent. That share has moved higher across the periods measured: 25 percent in 1989-1999, 51 percent in 2000-2009, 59 percent in 2010-2019, and 70 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 is 1.02, and drought weeks in 2021-2025 stand at 44 of the years measured. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with no proposed capacity to EIA.
MO median $117 · 51st lowest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 38th lowest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 14th highest of 96
MO median 32% · 26th 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 | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair County | $109 | $3,962 | $16.83 |
| Bates County | $155 | $4,006 | $8.32 |
| Benton County | $75 | $4,020 | $8.95 |
| Cedar County | $53 | $3,763 | $22.70 |
| Henry County | $97 | $4,028 | $9.53 |
| Hickory County | $58 | $3,566 | $22.85 |
| Polk County | $48 | $3,857 | $25.62 |
| Vernon County | $115 | $4,000 | $19.27 |
| Median next door | $75 | $4,000 | $19.27 |
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. St. Clair 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/st-clair-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.