Dickinson County, Iowa
Dickinson County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $247 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,588 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 179.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dickinson County is $247 per acre for 2026, up 12.3 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $10,588 per acre, up 42.3 percent from 2017, 7.3 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 1.5 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 179.3 bushels per acre and a worst year of 157.9 in 2014. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $92.7 million, largest cause excess moisture and flood at 42 percent; heat and drought share rose from 2 percent in 1989-1999 to 31 percent in 2000-2009, then ran 20 percent in 2010-2019 and 24 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks totaled 155 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 56 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
IA median $266 · tied for 26th lowest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 27th highest of 99
IA median 190.1 · 22nd lowest of 95
IA median $2.49 · 13th highest of 99
IA median 51% · 20th highest of 99
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
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 | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson County | $247 | $10,588 | 179.3 | $4.11 |
| Clay County | $248 | $10,321 | 184.8 | $3.55 |
| Emmet County | $239 | $9,410 | 183.1 | $3.84 |
| Osceola County | $283 | $11,586 | 192.7 | $2.85 |
| Jackson County, MN | $243 | $8,449 | 184.8 | $4.38 |
| Median next door | $246 | $9,866 | 184.8 | $3.70 |
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. Dickinson County, Iowa. 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/iowa/dickinson-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.