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Deuel County, Nebraska

Deuel County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $45 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,003 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 113.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31049. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$45/ac
2026 county average
NE median $141 · 10th lowest of 80
Cash rent, irrigated
$172/ac
2026 county average
NE median $272 · 5th lowest of 78
Land and buildings
$2,003/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 23rd lowest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
113.4 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 99.3
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.96
2016–2025, closed crop years
NE median $4.74 · 4th highest of 90
Farmland rented
59%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · 15th highest of 93

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$28$45 dry$105$172 irrigated

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$45/ac
Irrigated, 2026$172/ac
Pasture, 2025$16/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.45$45 ÷ 99.3 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,003/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$999/ac
Census 2017$1,305/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+53.5%+8.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024142.0142.9144.7118.1103.8104.8112.8109.784.681.5118.5114.0median 113.4

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2024113.4 bu/ac12 published years
Recent level, 2020–202499.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 81.5 bu/ac72% of median
Trend, 2008–2024−2.3 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1997200220072012201720221.323.150.391.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$13.96
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.95claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.99$91.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 26
Worst year2022ratio 3.15
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 47% · hail 30% · freeze 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202515502

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025347 of 1,357 weeks26% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200350 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202568 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.7 °F1991–2020 normal 60.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.09 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September14.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202210%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202263% of cropland121,350 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland410 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202138028,240

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 202528,240 ac18.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028692 ac3% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$26/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)354
Median well depth107 ft
Cattle and calves, 202215,465−42.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202259%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Deuel County$45$172$2,003—$13.96
Sedgwick County, CO$45$178$1,624—$11.16
Cheyenne County$43$190$1,455—$13.56
Garden County$44$189$1,256—$11.79
Keith County$56$218$2,431158.0$6.41
Perkins County$54$212$2,196—$10.73
Median next door$45$190$1,624158.0 1 co.$11.16

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. Deuel 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/deuel-county
Every 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.

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