Farmland Atlas · county record

Baraga County, Michigan

Baraga County, MI: land and buildings $6,098 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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The July average nightly low was 52.9 F under the 1991-2020 normal and 54.3 F for 2017-2026, with a trend since 1976 of 0.46 F per decade and no clear direction. Drought has been light here: 38 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 hit severe drought or worse, the worst year was 2007 with 21 weeks, and 2021-2025 had 0 weeks. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed in the county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$6,098/ac
2022 census · read with care: rose 179% from 2017 while next door rose a median 56%
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · 27th lowest of 78

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,098/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,848/ac
Census 2017$2,189/ac
Read with care— the 2022 census value rose 179% from 2017 while the 3 counties next door rose a median 56%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

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

2000200520102015202020250210

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, 2000–202538 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200721 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202654.3 °F1991–2020 normal 52.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland99 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland184 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021040

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record7Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records
Median well depth248 ft
Cattle and calves, 20221,552−9.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyLand value
Baraga County$6,098
Houghton County$3,467
Iron County$4,200
Marquette County$3,434
Median next door$3,467

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Baraga 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/baraga-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.