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Wallowa County, Oregon

Wallowa County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,654 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Wallowa County runs $52 per acre in 2026, up 21.2 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents for $109 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent has moved from 1.82 in 2016 to 2.12 in 2026, a rising gap between the two. Land and buildings carry a census value of $1,654 per acre, with a 1.3 percent change from 2017 to 2022. July nights average 50.9 F over 2017-2026 against a 49.1 F normal for 1991-2020, and the warming trend since 1976 runs 0.87 F per decade.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$52/ac
2026 county average
OR median $100 · 4th lowest of 15
Cash rent, irrigated
$109/ac
2026 county average
OR median $210 · 2nd lowest of 23
Land and buildings
$1,654/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OR median $4,773 · 6th lowest of 36
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$15.65
2016–2025, closed crop years
OR median $6.86 · 3rd highest of 23
Farmland rented
31%
2022 census, rented from others
OR median 28% · 14th highest of 36

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$43$52 dry$77$109 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$52/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+21.2%nominal, $43 to $52
Irrigated, 2026$109/ac
Pasture, 2026$6/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,654/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,263/ac
Census 2017$1,632/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+1.3%+0.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$15.65
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.31claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.35$10.8 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 45% · freeze 21% · excess moisture 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202503528

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, 2000–2025202 of 1,357 weeks15% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201535 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202580 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202650.9 °F1991–2020 normal 49.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.87 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September10.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 87% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202261%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland218 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland7,515 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland2,990 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,28524,47921,119

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

CRP enrolled, 202521,119 ac31.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20284,686 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$42/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202225,639−29.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202231%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Wallowa County$52$109$1,654$15.65
Adams County, ID—$70$2,752—
Idaho County, ID$70—$2,367$13.59
Nez Perce County, ID$89—$3,156$13.89
Baker County$76 2024$118$1,942$7.78
Umatilla County$79 2025$478$2,437$7.50
Union County$81$187$2,830$11.67
Asotin County, WA$55—$1,820$15.65
Columbia County, WA$110—$2,280$13.19
Garfield County, WA$71—$1,814$8.66
Median next door$76$153$2,367$12.43

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. Wallowa County, Oregon. 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/oregon/wallowa-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.