Eaton County, Michigan
Eaton County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $123 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,160 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 163.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Eaton County runs $123 per acre in 2026, down 6.8 percent from 2016. Corn yield trend over 2008-2025 is 2.5 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 163.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 124.2 in 2012. Excess moisture and flood drive crop insurance losses here, accounting for 41 percent of $75.5 million in indemnities paid over 1989-2025, while heat and drought's share moved from 24 percent in 1989-1999 to 23 percent in 2000-2009 to 22 percent in 2010-2019 to 38 percent in 2020-2025. Drought itself stays rare: only 17 of 1357 weeks since 2000 saw severe drought or worse, with 2 weeks in 2021-2025. Census land value sits at $5,160 per acre, up 23.6 percent from 2017 to 2022.
MI median $100 · 30th highest of 70
MI median $5,270 · 37th lowest of 76
MI median 153.0 · 10th highest of 45
MI median $5.92 · 31st highest of 62
MI median 34% · 17th highest 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
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton County | $123 | — | $5,160 | 163.2 | $6.15 |
| Barry County | $129 | $228 2023 | $6,027 | 153.0 | $4.27 |
| Calhoun County | $132 | $242 2024 | $5,072 | 144.4 | $5.41 |
| Clinton County | $171 | — | $6,625 | — | $5.22 |
| Ingham County | $140 | — | $5,227 | 157.4 | $4.28 |
| Ionia County | $196 | $235 | $6,594 | 164.1 | $3.78 |
| Jackson County | $97 | — | $4,952 | 140.6 | $4.82 |
| Median next door | $136 | $235 1 co. | $5,627 | 153.0 | $4.55 |
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. Eaton 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/eaton-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.