Boyd County, Nebraska
Boyd County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $126 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,664 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Boyd County runs $126 per acre in 2026, up 13.5 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground carried $207 per acre back in 2017, but irrigation covers only 3 percent of harvested cropland here, so most rent decisions rest on dryland performance. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 2 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 150.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 72.2 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025 total $65.3 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 86 percent; that share ran 19 percent in 1989-1999, 92 percent in 2000-2009, 78 percent in 2010-2019, and 90 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value reached $2,664 per acre in 2022, up 31.4 percent from 2017.
NE median $141 · 32nd lowest of 80
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
NE median $4,499 · 36th lowest of 93
NE median $4.74 · 11th highest of 90
NE median 49% · 35th 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
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd County | $126 | — | $2,664 | — | $10.91 |
| Holt County | $90 | $274 | $2,650 | 195.0 | $4.17 |
| Keya Paha County | $43 | $193 | $1,790 | 177.3 | $4.68 |
| Knox County | $217 | $300 | $5,161 | 171.3 | $7.25 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | $142 | — | $3,849 | 136.9 | $10.90 |
| Gregory County, SD | $73 | — | $2,050 | — | $9.31 |
| Median next door | $90 | $274 | $2,650 | 174.3 | $7.25 |
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. Boyd 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/boyd-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.