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Nemaha County, Nebraska

Nemaha County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $213 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,778 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31127. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Nemaha County is $213 per acre for 2026, up 4.9 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent in 2023 was $288 per acre. Land and buildings were valued at $6,778 per acre in 2022, after a change of 49 percent from 2017 to 2022, 8.3 percent a year. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with none proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$213/ac
2026 county average
NE median $141 · 20th highest of 80
Cash rent, irrigated
$288/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,778/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 23rd highest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
169.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 185.7 · irrigated and dryland combined
NE median 179.3 · 22nd lowest of 67
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.72
2016–2025, closed crop years
NE median $4.74 · 4th lowest of 90
Farmland rented
51%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · 43rd highest of 93

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$131$213 dry

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$213/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+4.9%nominal, $203 to $213
Irrigated, 2023$288/ac
Pasture, 2026$47/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,778/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,068/ac
Census 2017$4,548/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+49.0%+8.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 11% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024142.0189.9186.7median 169.3

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

Median, 2008–2025169.3 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025185.7 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 107.1 bu/ac63% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.5 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19941999200420092014201920240.043.620.211.00: 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$2.72
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.29claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.52$100.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 32
Worst year2002ratio 3.62
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 44% · excess moisture 37% · price decline (revenue policies) 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202525340

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, 2000–2025129 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200334 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202520 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.0 °F1991–2020 normal 65.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976−0.07 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% 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, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202215% of cropland31,496 ac
Farmed no-till, 202258% of cropland120,830 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland14,596 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212113,5558,162

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

CRP enrolled, 20258,162 ac4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,136 ac26% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$158/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)190
Median well depth78 ft
Cattle and calves, 20224,662−45.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202251%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Nemaha County$213$288 2023$6,778169.3$2.72
Atchison County, MO$247$256 2023$6,221184.1$2.61
Holt County, MO$217—$5,713—$4.71
Johnson County$184$298 2025$4,389147.0$3.43
Otoe County$186—$5,550157.9$2.92
Pawnee County$176—$4,499141.1$4.05
Richardson County$211—$5,087162.3$1.84
Median next door$199—$5,319157.9$3.18

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. Nemaha 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/nemaha-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.