Roosevelt County, Montana
Roosevelt County, MT: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,108 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 30085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Roosevelt County runs $30 per acre, up 9.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land and buildings carried a census value of $1,108 per acre in 2022, and rent sits at 2.93 percent of that value. Heat and drought drove 64 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share by period was 8 percent in 1989-1999, 67 percent in 2000-2009, 47 percent in 2010-2019, and 80 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 1.53, above the 1989-2025 ratio of 1.22. July nights average 56 F for 2017-2026 against a 54.6 F normal, with no clear trend since 1976.
MT median $31 · 19th lowest of 40
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
MT median $1,237 · 19th lowest of 53
MT median $13.95 · 4th highest of 46
MT median 29% · 7th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt County | $30 | — | $1,108 | $28.57 |
| Daniels County | $33 | — | $1,076 | $20.58 |
| McCone County | $27 | — | $1,055 | $22.39 |
| Richland County | $33 | $143 | $1,109 | $12.83 |
| Sheridan County | $43 | — | $1,554 | $19.72 |
| Valley County | $27 | $63 | $1,152 | $34.72 |
| Williams County, ND | $38 | $165 | $1,383 | $12.49 |
| Median next door | $33 | $143 | $1,131 | $20.15 |
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. Roosevelt 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/roosevelt-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.