Farmland Atlas · county record

Loup County, Nebraska

Loup County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,567 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.72 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$110/ac
2026 county average
NE median $141 · 28th lowest of 80
Cash rent, irrigated
$216/ac
2026 county average
NE median $272 · 21st lowest of 78
Land and buildings
$1,567/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 16th lowest of 93
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.47
2016–2025, closed crop years
NE median $4.74 · 39th lowest of 90
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · 2nd lowest of 93

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$26$110 dry$110$216 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$110/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+141.8%nominal, $46 to $110
Irrigated, 2026$216/ac
Pasture, 2026$21/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,567/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$741/ac
Census 2017$1,163/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.7%+6.1% 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

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$4.47
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.58claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.72$7.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 41% · hail 35% · excess moisture 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025304124

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, 2000–2025301 of 1,357 weeks22% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202241 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025107 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.5 °F1991–2020 normal 60.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.07 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% 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, 202250%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland4,466 ac
Cover crops, 202210% of cropland1,926 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,33053

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

CRP enrolled, 202553 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202838 ac
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)142
Median well depth270 ft
Cattle and calves, 202231,620+9.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Loup County$110$216$1,567—$4.47
Blaine County$39 2023$187 2025$1,317—$6.14
Brown County$62 2025$186$1,674198.6$3.69
Custer County$100$240$2,892176.6$4.00
Garfield County$90$233 2025$1,660184.8$6.83
Holt County$90$274$2,650195.0$4.17
Rock County$48$193 2025$1,482—$4.64
Median next door$90$240$1,667189.9$4.41

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. Loup 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/loup-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.
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"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.