Otoe County, Nebraska
Otoe County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $186 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,550 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31131. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Otoe County runs $186 per acre, up 6.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated ground rented for $241 per acre in 2022, but irrigation covers only 3 percent of harvested cropland, with 63 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Heat and drought drove 66 percent of the $127.7 million in crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, and that cause's share rose from 13 percent in 1989-1999 to 70 percent in 2000-2009 to 63 percent in 2010-2019 to 78 percent in 2020-2025. County corn yield trended up 2.5 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, though 2012 dropped to 81.3 against a median of 157.9. Census land value stood at $5,550 per acre in 2022, up 12 percent from 2017.
NE median $141 · 28th highest of 80
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
NE median $4,499 · 36th highest of 93
NE median 179.3 · 12th lowest of 67
NE median $4.74 · 9th lowest of 90
NE median 49% · 29th highest of 93
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otoe County | $186 | — | $5,550 | 157.9 | $2.92 |
| Fremont County, IA | $215 | — | $7,991 | 191.5 | $2.91 |
| Atchison County, MO | $247 | $256 2023 | $6,221 | 184.1 | $2.61 |
| Cass County | $226 | $304 2025 | $6,946 | 176.6 | $2.54 |
| Johnson County | $184 | $298 2025 | $4,389 | 147.0 | $3.43 |
| Lancaster County | $190 | $274 | $6,481 | 156.8 | $5.03 |
| Nemaha County | $213 | $288 2023 | $6,778 | 169.3 | $2.72 |
| Median next door | $214 | $274 1 co. | $6,630 | 173.0 | $2.82 |
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. Otoe 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/otoe-countyEvery 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.