Alger County, Michigan
Alger County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,348 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Alger County is $20 per acre in 2026. Land value was $2,348 per acre in 2022, up 15.1 percent from 2017-2022, or 2.9 percent a year. Cash rent runs at 0.85 percent of land value. July nights averaged 54.7 F over 2017-2026, close to the 54 F normal for 1991-2020, with a trend of 0.25 F per decade and no clear direction since 1976. Drought was rare here: 29 of 1357 weeks since 2000 reached severe drought or worse, with 5 such weeks from 2021-2025. No cropland was irrigated in the 2022 census. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed in this county.
MI median $100 · 4th lowest of 70
MI median $5,270 · 2nd lowest of 76
MI median 34% · 14th lowest of 78
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
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.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alger County | $20 | $2,348 | — |
| Delta County | $20 | $2,340 | $17.86 |
| Luce County | $18 | $3,109 | — |
| Marquette County | — | $3,434 | — |
| Schoolcraft County | — | $2,839 | — |
| Median next door | $19 2 co. | $2,974 | $17.86 1 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. Alger County, Michigan. 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/michigan/alger-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.