Farmland Atlas · county record

Grant County, Nebraska

Grant County, NE: land and buildings $1,129 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in Grant County was $1,129 per acre in 2022, up 34.9 percent from 2017, 6.2 percent a year. Irrigation water here comes 100 percent from groundwater, drawn from 896 registered wells, with 27 irrigation wells not decommissioned and a median static water level of 10 feet. July nights average 59.4 F for 2017-2026 against a 58.4 F normal for 1991-2020, and no July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought was present in severe or worse form for 351 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 58 weeks in 2021-2025 and a worst year of 2013 at 53 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$1,129/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 5th lowest of 93
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · lowest of 93

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,129/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$552/ac
Census 2017$837/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.9%+6.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202565314

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, 2000–2025351 of 1,357 weeks26% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202558 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.4 °F1991–2020 normal 58.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.24 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September16.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
1986199119962001200620112016202105,6915,675

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

CRP enrolled, 20255,675 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$12/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)27
Median well depth311 ft
Cattle and calves, 202240,774+14.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Grant County——$1,129——
Arthur County—$174 2025$1,091—$13.25
Cherry County—$176$1,224—$5.98
Garden County$44$189$1,256—$11.79
Hooker County——$1,028——
Sheridan County$36$162$1,394151.4$8.72
Median next door$40 2 co.$176$1,224151.4 1 co.$10.26

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Grant 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/grant-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.