Sullivan County, Missouri
Sullivan County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $123 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,213 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 122.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29211. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Sullivan County runs $123 per acre, up 34.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $3,213 per acre, up 37.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 6.6 percent a year. Corn yields have trended up 4.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 122.8 bushels per acre and a low of 45.9 in 2012. Crop insurance history shows excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of indemnities at 48 percent of $57.8 million paid since 1989, while heat and drought's share has climbed across the four listed decades, from 16 percent in 1989-1999 to 62 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland here is irrigated, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed.
MO median $117 · 51st highest of 109
MO median $4,459 · 18th lowest of 113
MO median $6.71 · 33rd highest of 96
MO median 32% · 38th 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan County | $123 | $3,213 | $8.58 |
| Adair County | $121 | $4,098 | $3.57 |
| Grundy County | $165 | $4,305 | $4.58 |
| Linn County | $134 | $4,261 | $8.86 |
| Mercer County | $139 | $3,903 | $6.57 |
| Putnam County | $118 | $3,789 | $6.22 |
| Median next door | $134 | $4,098 | $6.22 |
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. Sullivan 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/sullivan-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.