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Mineral County, Montana

Mineral County, MT: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2021); land and buildings $5,629 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 30061. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Mineral County runs $20 per acre. Census value of land and buildings sits at $5,629 per acre, up 12.5 percent from 2017-2022, or 2.4 percent a year. July nights average 50.2 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 48.6 F, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.69 F per decade, warming. Irrigated cropland covers 13 percent of harvested acres. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$20/ac
2021 county average
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,629/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MT median $1,237 · 3rd highest of 53
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
7%
2022 census, rented from others
MT median 29% · lowest of 56

Cash rent

Non-irrigated, 2021$20/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,629/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,447/ac
Census 2017$5,002/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.5%+2.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504224

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, 2000–2025275 of 1,357 weeks20% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200142 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202592 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202650.2 °F1991–2020 normal 48.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.69 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September12.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202213%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland96 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 2022327−25.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Mineral County——$5,629—
Clearwater County, ID$57—$3,570$26.35
Shoshone County, ID——$8,542—
Missoula County$35 2025$69 2025$2,276—
Sanders County$22$62$1,180—
Median next door$39 2 co.$62 1 co.$2,923$26.35 1 co.

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. Mineral County, Montana. 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/montana/mineral-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.