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Box Elder County, Utah

Box Elder County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $35 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,495 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated rent fell 11.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. July nights average 60.8 F over 2017-2026, up from a 58.1 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 1.08 F per decade, warming. Drought has covered at least severe levels in 441 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 125 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$35/ac
2026 county average
UT median $34 · 5th highest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$165/ac
2026 county average
UT median $107 · highest of 24
Land and buildings
$2,495/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
UT median $3,900 · 6th lowest of 28
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.25
2016–2025, closed crop years
UT median $12.63 · lowest of 5
Farmland rented
20%
2022 census, rented from others
UT median 22% · 12th lowest of 29

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$18$35 dry$70$165 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$35/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−11.4%nominal, $40 to $35
Irrigated, 2026$165/ac
Pasture, 2026$6/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,495/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,203/ac
Census 2017$1,533/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+62.8%+10.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 61% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

20082013201820231.592.501.161.00: 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$11.25
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.12claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.07$36.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 17
Worst year2021ratio 2.50
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 40% · freeze 37% · irrigation failure 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202505210

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, 2000–2025441 of 1,357 weeks33% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200452 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025125 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.8 °F1991–2020 normal 58.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+1.08 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September6.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 87% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 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, 202211% of cropland25,332 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland5,822 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,174 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213,442100,595100,250

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

CRP enrolled, 2025100,250 ac45.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028944 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$17/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025163.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202280,926+2.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202220%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Box Elder County$35$165$2,495$11.25
Cassia County, ID$35 2024$405$4,486$2.51
Oneida County, ID$26$127$2,625$20.64
Elko County, NV—$91$647—
Cache County$37$105$7,620$12.63
Tooele County$27 2025$103$3,447—
Weber County$59$163$18,674—
Median next door$37$116$3,967$12.63

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. Box Elder County, Utah. 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/utah/box-elder-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.