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Stanton County, Nebraska

Stanton County, NE: non-irrigated cash rent $252 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,551 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 180.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 31167. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Stanton County stands at $252 per acre in 2026, up 16.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $312 per acre, and the irrigated multiple has moved from 1.55 in 2010 to 1.24 in 2026, a falling premium for irrigation. Heat and drought has driven most crop insurance losses: 26 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 61 percent in 2000-2009, 85 percent in 2010-2019, and 82 percent in 2020-2025. The county carries 199 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse since 2000, with 101 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025 alone. Census land value sits at $7,551 per acre, up 51.3 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$252/ac
2026 county average
NE median $141 · tied for 7th highest of 80
Cash rent, irrigated
$312/ac
2026 county average
NE median $272 · 14th highest of 78
Land and buildings
$7,551/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NE median $4,499 · 9th highest of 93
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
180.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 177.9 · irrigated and dryland combined
NE median 179.3 · tied for 32nd highest of 67
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.71
2016–2025, closed crop years
NE median $4.74 · 28th highest of 90
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
NE median 49% · 37th highest of 93

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$300$3502010201520202025$126$252 dry$198$312 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$252/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+16.7%nominal, $216 to $252
Irrigated, 2026$312/ac
Pasture, 2026$74/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,551/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,375/ac
Census 2017$4,991/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+51.3%+8.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 21% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024143.0216.1median 180.6

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

Median, 2008–2025180.6 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025177.9 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 69.0 bu/ac38% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±3.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.038.510.091.00: 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$6.71
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.81claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.94$156.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 29
Worst year2012ratio 8.51
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 79% · price decline (revenue policies) 7% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202533520

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, 2000–2025199 of 1,357 weeks15% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202352 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025101 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.1 °F1991–2020 normal 63.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.17 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September21.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202221%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland2,398 ac
Farmed no-till, 202269% of cropland114,538 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland3,901 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,02429,11710,582

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,582 ac6.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,740 ac26% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$157/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells in use (Nebraska register)470
Median well depth113 ft
Cattle and calves, 202231,763−45.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Stanton County$252$312$7,551180.6$6.71
Colfax County$249$317$8,261186.3$4.34
Cuming County$289$344$7,508193.2$5.73
Madison County$214$292$7,527182.3$4.71
Platte County$258$316$7,054195.4$3.28
Wayne County$269$331$7,558186.6$6.58
Median next door$258$317$7,527186.6$4.71

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. Stanton 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/stanton-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.