St. Francois County, Missouri
St. Francois County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $63 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,052 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 148.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29187. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in St. Francois County runs $63 per acre in 2026, up 7.7 percent from 2016. Land carries a census value of $5,052 per acre, with the 2022 value up 72.2 percent from 2017, 11.5 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 3.5 bushels per acre a year on published years 2010-2023, with a median of 148.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 68 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $2.4 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 56 percent; that cause's share was 64 percent in 2010-2019 and 52 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and severe drought or worse held at least 50 percent of the county for 53 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025.
MO median $117 · 32nd lowest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 37th highest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 29th highest of 96
MO median 32% · 25th lowest 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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francois County | $63 | $5,052 | — | $9.40 |
| Iron County | $20 2025 | $2,697 | — | — |
| Jefferson County | $52 | $5,915 | 130.4 | $5.82 |
| Madison County | $36 | $2,627 | — | — |
| Perry County | $116 | $4,388 | 154.0 | $5.22 |
| Ste. Genevieve County | $104 | $4,393 | 151.6 | $7.64 |
| Washington County | $22 | $2,926 | — | — |
| Median next door | $52 | $3,657 | 151.6 | $5.82 |
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. Francois 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-francois-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.