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Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Ste. Genevieve County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $104 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,393 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 151.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29186. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Ste. Genevieve County averages $104 per acre in 2026, up 26.8 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $4,393 per acre, with an 8.3 percent a year rise from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trend up 2.1 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 151.6 bushels per acre and a low of 69.1 in 2012. No cropland here is irrigated. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved from 3 percent in 1989-1999 to 18 percent in 2000-2009, 31 percent in 2010-2019, and 60 percent in 2020-2025, while flood and excess moisture remains the largest single cause of losses at 62 percent since 1989.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$104/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 48th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$4,393/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 54th lowest of 113
Rent as % of land value
1.98%
$87 dry rent ÷ $4,393 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
151.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 172.5
MO median 148.2 · 16th highest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.64
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · 40th highest of 96
Farmland rented
32%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 56th lowest of 114

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$83$104 dry

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$104/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.8%nominal, $82 to $104
Pasture, 2026$31/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.60$104 ÷ 172.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,393/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,305/ac
Census 2017$2,951/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+48.9%+8.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.98%$87 ÷ $4,393; cropland 51% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024155.0191.5176.8median 151.6

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025151.6 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025172.5 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 69.1 bu/ac46% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.1 bu/ac a year±2.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.932.710.731.00: claims equal premium

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$7.64
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.58claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.70$19.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 16
Worst year2012ratio 2.71
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 62% · heat and drought 35% · price decline (revenue policies) 1%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252125

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, 2000–202535 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201212 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.3 °F1991–2020 normal 67.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland468 ac
Farmed no-till, 202250% of cropland40,503 ac
Cover crops, 202216% of cropland12,897 ac
198619911996200120062011201620216225,0331,597

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,597 ac2.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028622 ac39% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$98/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202217,004−22.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202232%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Ste. Genevieve County$104—$4,393151.6$7.64
Monroe County, IL$151$148$8,117156.8$5.80
Randolph County, IL$166—$7,679144.4$4.96
Jefferson County$52—$5,915130.4$5.82
Perry County$116—$4,388154.0$5.22
St. Francois County$63—$5,052—$9.40
Median next door$116$148 1 co.$5,915149.2$5.80

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Ste. Genevieve 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/ste-genevieve-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.