Silver Bow County, Montana
Silver Bow County, MT: irrigated cash rent $59 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,572 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 30093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation covers 74 percent of harvested cropland here, and 1 percent of that water comes from groundwater, so this county leans on surface water. Drought weeks add up to 377 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2004 the worst year at 52 weeks, and 116 weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. July nights average 48.5 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 47 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.63 F per decade, warming. Land value rose 14.3 percent from 2017-2022, 2.7 percent a year, with land and buildings at $2,572 per acre in the 2022 census.
MT median $98 · lowest of 29
MT median $1,237 · 7th highest of 53
MT median 29% · 3rd lowest 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Bow County | — | $59 | $2,572 | — |
| Beaverhead County | $19 | $121 | $1,883 | $4.02 |
| Deer Lodge County | — | — | $2,334 | — |
| Jefferson County | $23 | $98 | $1,954 | $12.49 |
| Madison County | — | $127 | $2,757 | $4.40 |
| Median next door | $21 2 co. | $121 | $2,144 | $4.40 |
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. Silver Bow 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/silver-bow-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.