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Huron County, Michigan

Huron County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $239 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,652 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 174.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26063. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Huron County runs $239 per acre in 2026, up 11.7 percent from 2016. Land value is $7,652 per acre, up 26.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, and rent sits at 3.02 percent of that value. Wind operating capacity stands at 981.7 MW; solar operating is 0 MW, with 200 MW proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$239/ac
2026 county average
MI median $100 · highest of 70
Land and buildings
$7,652/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MI median $5,270 · 8th highest of 76
Rent as % of land value
3.02%
$231 dry rent ÷ $7,652 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
174.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 204.8
MI median 153.0 · highest of 45
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.24
2016–2025, closed crop years
MI median $5.92 · 3rd lowest of 62
Farmland rented
50%
2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · 8th highest of 78

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$122$239 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, 2026$239/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+11.7%nominal, $214 to $239
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.17$239 ÷ 204.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,652/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,202/ac
Census 2017$6,048/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.5%+4.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.02%$231 ÷ $7,652; cropland 92% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024174.0213.0210.8median 174.8

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

Median, 2008–2025174.8 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025204.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 144.6 bu/ac83% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.2 bu/ac a year±1.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020250.263.020.581.00: 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$2.24
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.43claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.44$91.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 31
Worst year2001ratio 3.02
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 40% · excess moisture 36% · freeze 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025012

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+ weeks202512 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202527 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.8 °F1991–2020 normal 58.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.67 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September19.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202280% of cropland333,114 ac
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland34,327 ac
Cover crops, 202223% of cropland96,161 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202120720,0789,197

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

CRP enrolled, 20259,197 ac2.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,203 ac35% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$235/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record215Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records
Median well depth119 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 981.7 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022118,882−14.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202250%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Huron County$239$7,652174.8$2.24
Sanilac County$157$6,380173.8$3.69
Tuscola County$222$6,465172.0$3.41
Median next door$190 2 co.$6,423 2 co.172.9 2 co.$3.55 2 co.

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. Huron 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/huron-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.

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