Van Buren County, Iowa property search
Search an address or an owner in Van Buren County, Iowa with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 14,884 lots are mapped here, covering 303,174 acres. 2,638 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Van Buren County received $7.9 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 713 recipients. 653 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Germany. Crop insurance paid $638,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 14,884
- Lots mapped
- 303,174
- Acres
- 2,638
- Institutional
Largest landowners in Van Buren County
Largest landowners by acreage in Van Buren County, Iowa| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| State Of Iowa | 115 | 3,924 |
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| State Of Iowa Department Of | 121 | 3,795 |
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| Perkins Land Co Inc | 90 | 2,464 |
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| Plowman Farms Inc | 55 | 1,572 |
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| DS Acquisition LLC | 51 | 1,376 |
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| Sorin Equity Partners III LLC | 37 | 1,300 |
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| Van Buren County--Ind Creek--- | 44 | 1,220 |
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| NBC Farms Inc | 35 | 1,189 |
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| Troy Lake LLC | 29 | 1,083 |
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| Overlander Farms Inc | 22 | 833 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Iowa
Federal farm payments in Van Buren County
- $7.9M
- Paid in 2025
- 713
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Van Buren County, Iowa, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $3.8M |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $2.8M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $734K |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $456K |
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| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based | $47K |
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| CRP - Continuous Pip | $23K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Van Buren County
- 653
- Acres disclosed
- 2
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Van Buren County, Iowa, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Germany | 626 |
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| Switzerland | 27 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Crop insurance in Van Buren County
- 651
- Policies
- 108,594
- Insured acres
- $638K
- Claims paid
- 0.11
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Van Buren County, Iowa, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Corn | $265K |
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| Soybeans | $163K |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $156K |
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| Forage Seeding | $28K |
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| Forage Production | $17K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 22,140
- CRP acres, 2025
- 11
- Substations
- 69 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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Van Buren County last published these records on May 10, 2024. Assessment records, not a survey.