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Gosper County, Nebraska

Gosper County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $98 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,514 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 31073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Water comes mostly from groundwater, 88 percent as of 2015, drawn from 804 active irrigation wells with a median static water level of 128 feet. The county spent 85 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025. Land values rose 60.5 percent from 2017-2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$98/ac
2026 county average
NE median $141 · 26th lowest of 80
Cash rent, irrigated
$280/ac
2026 county average
NE median $272 · 32nd highest of 78
Land and buildings
$4,514/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 46th highest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
183.4 bu/ac
recent level 2019–2023: 204.2 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.46
2016–2025, closed crop years
NE median $4.74 · 38th lowest of 90
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · 30th highest of 93

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$56$98 dry$140$280 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$98/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+25.6%nominal, $78 to $98
Irrigated, 2026$280/ac
Pasture, 2026$47/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,514/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,165/ac
Census 2017$2,812/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+60.5%+9.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 60% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022160.0218.3206.6median 183.4

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

Median, 2008–2023183.4 bu/ac14 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2019–2023204.2 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2022: 154.1 bu/ac84% of median
Trend, 2008–2023+2.0 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1998200320082013201820230.673.340.271.00: 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$4.46
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.57claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.65$89.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 28
Worst year2000ratio 3.34
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 56% · hail 28% · price decline (revenue policies) 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202539536

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, 2000–2025396 of 1,357 weeks29% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202585 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.4 °F1991–2020 normal 62.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.17 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September17.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202260%
Farmed no-till, 202253% of cropland73,051 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland7,487 ac
198619911996200120062011201620217211,122

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

CRP enrolled, 202511,122 ac8.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,415 ac13% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$62/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)804
Median well depth265 ft
Cattle and calves, 202225,570−32.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Gosper County$98$280$4,514—$4.46
Dawson County$128$273$4,897198.0$3.29
Frontier County$68$211$2,370136.0$9.24
Furnas County$88$235$2,895136.1$12.94
Phelps County$135$313$5,776216.9$2.86
Median next door$108$254$3,896167.1$6.27

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. Gosper 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/gosper-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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