Richland County, Montana
Richland County, MT: non-irrigated cash rent $33 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,109 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 132.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 30083. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Richland County runs $33 per acre in 2026, up 40.4 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents higher, at $143 per acre, though only 14 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation, and none of that water comes from groundwater. Corn yields show the risk under dry conditions: a median of 132.5 bushels per acre from 2008-2016, falling to 89.4 in 2012. Crop insurance backs this up. Heat and drought drove 56 percent of $77.9 million in indemnities across 1989-2025, and its share by period reads 13 percent, 66 percent, 43 percent, 70 percent. Land value rose 26.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, at 4.8 percent a year.
MT median $31 · tied for 14th highest of 40
MT median $98 · 4th highest of 29
MT median $1,237 · 20th lowest of 53
MT median $13.95 · tied for 19th lowest of 46
MT median 29% · 14th highest of 56
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland County | $33 | $143 | $1,109 | $12.83 |
| Dawson County | $36 | $122 2025 | $981 | $16.55 |
| McCone County | $27 | — | $1,055 | $22.39 |
| Roosevelt County | $30 | — | $1,108 | $28.57 |
| Wibaux County | $33 | — | $934 | $23.09 |
| McKenzie County, ND | $30 | $185 | $1,352 | $12.77 |
| Median next door | $30 | $185 1 co. | $1,055 | $22.39 |
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. Richland 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/richland-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.