Cedar County, Nebraska
Cedar County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $247 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,435 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 183.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cedar County averages $247 per acre in 2026, up 2.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent is $352 per acre, a multiple of 1.43 over non-irrigated in 2026, close to the 1.47 multiple of 2008, with no clear direction in between. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, at 73 percent of $188.0 million paid, and its share has climbed from 15 percent in 1989-1999 to 64 percent in 2000-2009 to 77 percent in 2010-2019 and 77 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 215 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 107 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 alone. Land value per the 2022 census sits at $6,435 per acre, up 24.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.
NE median $141 · 11th highest of 80
NE median $272 · highest of 78
NE median $4,499 · 29th highest of 93
NE median 179.3 · 26th highest of 67
NE median $4.74 · 31st lowest of 90
NE median 49% · 41st highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar County | $247 | $352 | $6,435 | 183.4 | $4.09 |
| Dixon County | $256 | $343 | $5,376 | — | $3.83 |
| Knox County | $217 | $300 | $5,161 | 171.3 | $7.25 |
| Pierce County | $197 | $291 | $7,080 | 179.3 | $4.59 |
| Wayne County | $269 | $331 | $7,558 | 186.6 | $6.58 |
| Clay County, SD | $241 | $303 | $7,445 | 175.6 | $11.38 |
| Yankton County, SD | $194 | $315 | $5,549 | 169.8 | $13.89 |
| Median next door | $229 | $309 | $6,315 | 175.6 | $6.92 |
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. Cedar 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/cedar-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.