Richardson County, Nebraska
Richardson County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $211 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,087 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 162.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Richardson County runs $211 per acre in 2026, down 1.9 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $5,087 per acre in 2022, up 19.2 percent from 2017, or 3.6 percent a year, and that 2026 rent works out to 3.93 percent of the 2022 census value. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 at 48 percent of $72.7 million paid out, with the loss ratio at 0.41 over that span and 0.25 over 2016-2025. That share moved from 12 percent in 1989-1999 to 65 percent in 2000-2009, then 50 percent in 2010-2019 and 51 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse fell to 4 for 2021-2025, against 109 of 1357 weeks counted from 2000-2025.
NE median $141 · 21st highest of 80
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
NE median $4,499 · 42nd highest of 93
NE median 179.3 · 16th lowest of 67
NE median $4.74 · lowest of 90
NE median 49% · 29th lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson County | $211 | — | $5,087 | 162.3 | $1.84 |
| Brown County, KS | $184 | $232 2023 | $5,136 | 173.6 | $1.93 |
| Doniphan County, KS | $193 | — | $4,754 | — | $1.46 |
| Nemaha County, KS | $159 | — | $4,538 | 144.9 | $5.15 |
| Holt County, MO | $217 | — | $5,713 | — | $4.71 |
| Nemaha County | $213 | $288 2023 | $6,778 | 169.3 | $2.72 |
| Pawnee County | $176 | — | $4,499 | 141.1 | $4.05 |
| Median next door | $189 | — | $4,945 | 157.1 | $3.39 |
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. Richardson 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/richardson-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.