Blaine County, Nebraska
Blaine County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $39 an acre (2023); land and buildings $1,317 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Blaine County ran $187 per acre in 2025. Non-irrigated rent stood at $39 per acre in 2023, down 9.3 percent from 2013. Irrigation water comes 92 percent from groundwater, and among 725 registered wells, 159 irrigation wells remain, with median depth 300 feet and median static water level 16 feet. Drought was present in 313 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, and 114 weeks from 2021-2025, with 2022 the worst year at 40 weeks.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
NE median $4,499 · 10th lowest of 93
NE median $4.74 · 32nd highest of 90
NE median 49% · 26th lowest of 93
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine County | $39 2023 | $187 2025 | $1,317 | — | $6.14 |
| Brown County | $62 2025 | $186 | $1,674 | 198.6 | $3.69 |
| Cherry County | — | $176 | $1,224 | — | $5.98 |
| Custer County | $100 | $240 | $2,892 | 176.6 | $4.00 |
| Logan County | $49 | $191 | $1,355 | 170.2 | $5.07 |
| Loup County | $110 | $216 | $1,567 | — | $4.47 |
| Thomas County | — | — | $1,065 | — | — |
| Median next door | $100 | $191 | $1,461 | 176.6 | $4.47 |
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. Blaine County, Nebraska. 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/nebraska/blaine-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.