Custer County, Nebraska
Custer County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $100 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,892 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 176.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation draws 93 percent of its water from groundwater, with 2322 irrigation wells not decommissioned and a median static water level of 79 feet. The county spent 318 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 100 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
NE median $141 · 27th lowest of 80
NE median $272 · 26th lowest of 78
NE median $4,499 · 37th lowest of 93
NE median 179.3 · tied for 29th lowest of 67
NE median $4.74 · tied for 28th lowest of 90
NE median 49% · 42nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County | $100 | $240 | $2,892 | 176.6 | $4.00 |
| Blaine County | $39 2023 | $187 2025 | $1,317 | — | $6.14 |
| Buffalo County | $138 | $271 | $4,857 | 195.4 | $3.21 |
| Dawson County | $128 | $273 | $4,897 | 198.0 | $3.29 |
| Garfield County | $90 | $233 2025 | $1,660 | 184.8 | $6.83 |
| Lincoln County | $66 | $263 | $2,340 | 172.6 | $5.07 |
| Logan County | $49 | $191 | $1,355 | 170.2 | $5.07 |
| Loup County | $110 | $216 | $1,567 | — | $4.47 |
| Sherman County | $134 | $299 | $3,905 | 177.1 | $4.30 |
| Valley County | $132 | $302 | $3,037 | 182.3 | $4.58 |
| Median next door | $119 | $271 | $2,340 | 182.3 | $4.58 |
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. Custer 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/custer-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.