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Clinton County, Michigan

Clinton County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $171 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,625 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 150.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Clinton County is $171 per acre in 2026, up 23 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 was $6,625 per acre, up 17.2 percent from 2017. Irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland in the 2022 census, and drought weeks from 2000-2025 came to 17 of 1357.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$171/ac
2026 county average
MI median $100 · 8th highest of 70
Cash rent, irrigated
$192/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,625/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MI median $5,270 · 14th highest of 76
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
150.4 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 166.7
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.22
2016–2025, closed crop years
MI median $5.92 · 24th lowest of 62
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · 20th highest of 78

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$94$171 dry$246$192 irrigated

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, 2026$171/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+23.0%nominal, $139 to $171
Irrigated, 2020$192/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.03$171 ÷ 166.7 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,625/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,345/ac
Census 2017$5,655/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+17.2%+3.2% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.43%$161 ÷ $6,625; cropland 88% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024142.0189.6median 150.4

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2024150.4 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024166.7 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 136.8 bu/ac91% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+2.0 bu/ac a year±1.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200120062011201620211.243.400.201.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$5.22
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.62claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.59$63.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 25
Worst year2019ratio 3.40
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 36% · heat and drought 31% · price decline (revenue policies) 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250104

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, 2000–202517 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200310 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.0 °F1991–2020 normal 60.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September20.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% 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, 202248% of cropland97,250 ac
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland38,029 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland11,072 ac
198619911996200120062011201620215598,2831,469

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,469 ac0.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028494 ac34% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$151/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record181Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records
Median well depth240 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202520 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202261,964−3.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Clinton County$171—$6,625—$5.22
Eaton County$123—$5,160163.2$6.15
Gratiot County$186$264$6,512163.0$3.11
Ingham County$140—$5,227157.4$4.28
Ionia County$196$235$6,594164.1$3.78
Shiawassee County$148—$6,037152.3$5.60
Median next door$148$250 2 co.$6,037163.0$4.28

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. Clinton 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/clinton-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.
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"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.