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Cheboygan County, Michigan

Cheboygan County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $27 an acre (2025); land and buildings $3,337 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Cheboygan County runs $27 per acre in 2025, up 8 percent from 2014. Land and buildings carry a value of $3,337 per acre, up 30.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.4 percent a year. Rent as a share of that value is 0.87 percent. July nightly lows average 56.5 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 55.4 F, part of a warming trend of 0.55 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$27/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,337/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MI median $5,270 · 9th lowest of 76
Rent as % of land value
0.87%
$29 dry rent ÷ $3,337 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
23%
2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · 19th lowest of 78

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$30$27 dry

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, 2025$27/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+8.0%nominal, $25 to $27

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,337/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,483/ac
Census 2017$2,562/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+30.2%+5.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.87%$29 ÷ $3,337; cropland 51% of land in farms

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.45$568,970 paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 31% · excess moisture 25% · freeze 25%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025050

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, 2000–202512 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20055 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20252 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.5 °F1991–2020 normal 55.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.55 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September18.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 20224% of cropland785 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland210 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,014665

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

CRP enrolled, 2025665 ac3.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202810 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$17/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record54Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records
Median well depth126 ft
Cattle and calves, 20221,783−41.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202223%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cheboygan County$27 2025$3,337——
Charlevoix County$25$4,911114.7—
Emmet County$18$5,871——
Montmorency County$45$4,066—$10.66
Otsego County$30$3,545——
Presque Isle County$43$3,642119.8$7.80
Median next door$30$4,066117.3 2 co.$9.23 2 co.

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. Cheboygan 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/cheboygan-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.