St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $142 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,928 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29189. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $142 per acre, down 4.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Crop insurance history is dominated by excess moisture and flood, at 86 percent of $11.4 million in indemnities 1989-2025, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.65. Drought has been a small factor: 30 of 1357 weeks since 2000 saw severe drought or worse, with 4 such weeks in 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 3 percent of harvested cropland. Solar and wind operating capacity: 0 MW each, none proposed.
MO median $117 · tied for 43rd highest of 109
MO median $6.71 · 26th highest of 96
MO median 32% · 24th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis County | $142 | — | $10,928 | — | $10.11 |
| Madison County, IL | $249 | — | $6,940 | 181.9 | $2.18 |
| Monroe County, IL | $151 | $148 | $8,117 | 156.8 | $5.80 |
| St. Clair County, IL | $243 | — | $9,310 | 162.0 | $3.46 |
| Franklin County | $70 | — | $5,647 | 151.1 | $7.69 |
| Jefferson County | $52 | — | $5,915 | 130.4 | $5.82 |
| St. Charles County | $157 | — | $6,162 | 165.9 | $7.00 |
| St. Louis City | — | — | — | — | — |
| Median next door | $154 | $148 1 co. | $6,551 | 159.4 | $5.81 |
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. Louis 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-louis-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.