Garden County, Nebraska
Garden County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $44 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,256 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 141.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Garden County runs $44 per acre in 2026, up 22.2 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents at $189 per acre, and 86 percent of irrigation water comes from groundwater, drawn from 2,491 registered wells with a median depth of 155 feet. Corn yields have trended down 3.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2023, with a median of 141.9 and a low of 65.1 in 2020. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 2 percent in 1989-1999, 22 percent in 2000-2009, 31 percent in 2010-2019, and 75 percent in 2020-2025. Land value per the 2022 Census sits at $1,256 per acre, up 45 percent from 2017.
NE median $141 · 9th lowest of 80
NE median $272 · 11th lowest of 78
NE median $4,499 · 8th lowest of 93
NE median $4.74 · 9th highest of 90
NE median 49% · 21st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden County | $44 | $189 | $1,256 | — | $11.79 |
| Arthur County | — | $174 2025 | $1,091 | — | $13.25 |
| Cheyenne County | $43 | $190 | $1,455 | — | $13.56 |
| Deuel County | $45 | $172 | $2,003 | — | $13.96 |
| Grant County | — | — | $1,129 | — | — |
| Keith County | $56 | $218 | $2,431 | 158.0 | $6.41 |
| Morrill County | $40 2025 | $178 | $1,682 | 165.1 | $5.82 |
| Sheridan County | $36 | $162 | $1,394 | 151.4 | $8.72 |
| Median next door | $44 | $178 | $1,455 | 158.0 | $10.99 |
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. Garden 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/garden-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.