Farmland Atlas · county record

Missoula County, Montana

Missoula County, MT: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2025); land and buildings $2,276 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 30063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$35/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$69/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,276/ac
2022 census · read with care: fell 19% from 2017 while next door rose a median 44%
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
8%
2022 census, rented from others
MT median 29% · 2nd lowest of 56

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$19$35 dry$26$69 irrigated

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, 2025$35/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+89.2%nominal, $19 to $35
Irrigated, 2025$69/ac
Pasture, 2026$9/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,276/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,769/ac
Census 2017$2,796/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value fell 19% from 2017 while the 9 counties next door rose a median 44%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

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 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2011heat and drought 53% · other 33% · freeze 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025044

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, 2000–2025280 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202544 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025105 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202649.2 °F1991–2020 normal 47.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.82 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September11.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202282%
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland733 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland658 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210940

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20227,919+37.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Missoula County$35 2025$69 2025$2,276—
Clearwater County, ID$57—$3,570$26.35
Idaho County, ID$70—$2,367$13.59
Flathead County$43$71$9,225$5.40
Granite County$15 2023—$2,808—
Lake County$43$93$2,120$12.88
Mineral County——$5,629—
Powell County$28 2025$80$1,783—
Ravalli County$36$87$9,096—
Sanders County$22$62$1,180—
Median next door$43$80$2,808$13.24

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. Missoula 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/missoula-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.