Pershing County, Nevada
Pershing County, NV: irrigated cash rent $138 an acre (2011); land and buildings $1,164 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.66 since 1993. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 32027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation drives risk in Pershing County. Ninety-nine percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and irrigation failure accounts for 77 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1993-2025, closed crop years, totaling $56.5 million of $73.8 million paid. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved differently across the periods given: 10 percent in 1989-1999, 5 percent in 2000-2009, 5 percent in 2010-2019, and 4 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 600 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 108 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
too few 2011 county surveys in the state to compare
NV median $1,791 · tied for 5th lowest of 13
NV median $10.54 · highest of 4
NV median 15% · highest of 12
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1993. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pershing County | — | $1,164 | $19.54 |
| Churchill County | $199 | $2,955 | $5.64 |
| Humboldt County | $123 | $1,164 | $15.44 |
| Lander County | — | $1,115 | — |
| Washoe County | — | $1,083 | — |
| Median next door | $161 2 co. | $1,140 | $10.54 2 co. |
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. Pershing County, Nevada. 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/nevada/pershing-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.