Genesee County, Michigan
Genesee County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $131 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,538 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 143.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26049. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $131 per acre in 2026, up 45.6 percent from 2016. Land value per the 2022 census sits at $5,538 per acre, with a 5.2 percent change from 2017 to 2022, 1 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 1.8 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2024, with a median of 143.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 2009 at 125. July nightly lows have warmed 0.56 F per decade since 1976, and irrigation covers 2 percent of harvested cropland.
MI median $100 · tied for 23rd highest of 70
MI median $5,270 · tied for 32nd highest of 76
MI median 153.0 · 14th lowest of 45
MI median $5.92 · 23rd highest of 62
MI median 34% · 6th 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee County | $131 | $5,538 | 143.1 | $7.48 |
| Lapeer County | $99 | $6,513 | 161.4 | $6.82 |
| Livingston County | $105 | $7,380 | 154.8 | $5.46 |
| Oakland County | $71 | $15,247 | 142.6 | $15.09 |
| Saginaw County | $159 | $5,683 | 164.4 | $4.38 |
| Shiawassee County | $148 | $6,037 | 152.3 | $5.60 |
| Tuscola County | $222 | $6,465 | 172.0 | $3.41 |
| Median next door | $127 | $6,489 | 158.1 | $5.53 |
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. Genesee 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/genesee-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.