Farmland Atlas · county record

Logan County, Nebraska

Logan County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $49 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,355 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 170.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31113. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cropland in Logan County rents for $191 per acre in 2026, against $49 per acre for non-irrigated ground. Groundwater supplies 99 percent of irrigation water, drawn from 307 irrigation wells with a median depth of 300 feet and a median static water level of 95 feet. The county spent 95 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 362 of 1357 weeks over 2000-2025. Land value rose 12.9 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$49/ac
2026 county average
NE median $141 · 12th lowest of 80
Cash rent, irrigated
$191/ac
2026 county average
NE median $272 · 13th lowest of 78
Land and buildings
$1,355/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 11th lowest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
170.2 bu/ac
16 published years
NE median 179.3 · 23rd lowest of 67
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.07
2016–2025, closed crop years
NE median $4.74 · tied for 40th highest of 90
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · 5th lowest of 93

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$39$49 dry$125$191 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$49/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+5.4%nominal, $47 to $49
Irrigated, 2026$191/ac
Pasture, 2026$26/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,355/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,136/ac
Census 2017$1,200/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.9%+2.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024156.0211.3162.7median 170.2

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

Median, 2008–2025170.2 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2011: 150.7 bu/ac89% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.5 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720220.033.131.00: 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$5.07
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.75claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.74$24.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 17
Worst year2025ratio 3.13
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 42% · hail 41% · price decline (revenue policies) 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025255320

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, 2000–2025362 of 1,357 weeks27% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201353 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202595 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.3 °F1991–2020 normal 60.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.27 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September18.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.5 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
Farmed no-till, 202220% of cropland6,154 ac
Cover crops, 202210% of cropland2,930 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212193,3411,257

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,257 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202822 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$21/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)307
Median well depth300 ft
Cattle and calves, 202227,924+2.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Logan County$49$191$1,355170.2$5.07
Blaine County$39 2023$187 2025$1,317—$6.14
Custer County$100$240$2,892176.6$4.00
Lincoln County$66$263$2,340172.6$5.07
McPherson County$40 2025$146$1,006—$8.38
Thomas County——$1,065——
Median next door$83 2 co.$240$1,317174.6 2 co.$5.61

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. Logan 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/logan-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.