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Webster County, Missouri

Webster County, MO: non-irrigated cash rent $37 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,559 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 123.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 29225. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Webster County runs $37 per acre, up 5.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, so yield leans on rain and heat. Crop insurance indemnities for 1994-2025 total $6.7 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 81 percent, rising to 84 percent for 2020-2025. July nights average 66.8 F for 2017-2026 against a 65.5 F normal for 1991-2020. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$37/ac
2026 county average
MO median $117 · 14th lowest of 109
Land and buildings
$4,559/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MO median $4,459 · 53rd highest of 113
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 28% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, 2008–2022 median
123.0 bu/ac
13 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$32.31
2016–2025, closed crop years
MO median $6.71 · highest of 96
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
MO median 32% · 18th lowest of 114

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$38$37 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$37/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+5.7%nominal, $35 to $37
Pasture, 2026$30/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,559/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,612/ac
Census 2017$3,102/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+47.0%+8.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 28% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022123.0160.056.1median 123.0

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

Median, 2008–2022123.0 bu/ac13 published years
Lowest published year2022: 56.1 bu/ac46% of median
Trend, 2008–2022−0.9 bu/ac a year±4.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1994. 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$32.31
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.34claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1994–20251.73$6.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1994–2025heat and drought 81% · excess moisture 15% · price decline (revenue policies) 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020258128

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, 2000–202554 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201212 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.8 °F1991–2020 normal 65.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.24 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.3 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 cropland752 ac
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland5,709 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland3,421 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021010241

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

CRP enrolled, 202541 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Cattle and calves, 202275,742−6.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Webster County$37$4,559$32.31
Christian County$46$5,535$29.43
Dallas County$32$4,179—
Douglas County$32$2,936—
Greene County$50$7,004$24.42
Laclede County$39$3,518$20.76
Wright County$35$3,310—
Median next door$37$3,849$24.42

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. Webster 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/webster-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.