Lake County, Michigan
Lake County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $50 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,054 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 125.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lake County runs $50 per acre. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $4,054 per acre, up 64.7 percent over 2017-2022, or 10.5 percent a year. Corn yields held a median of 125 bushels per acre over 2009-2025, with a trend of 0.5 bushels per acre a year and a worst year of 100 in 2013. Drought was rare: 11 of 1357 weeks fell into severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, all in 2003, with zero weeks from 2021-2025. Heat and drought's share of indemnities rose from 30 percent in 2010-2019 to 70 percent in 2020-2025. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with none proposed to EIA.
MI median $100 · 14th lowest of 70
MI median $5,270 · 22nd lowest of 76
MI median 34% · 5th lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | $50 | — | $4,054 | — | — |
| Manistee County | $35 | $78 | $4,308 | — | $13.52 |
| Mason County | $62 | $100 | $4,628 | 145.6 | $7.39 |
| Newaygo County | $94 | $130 | $5,405 | 138.2 | $6.19 |
| Osceola County | $79 | — | $3,515 | — | $7.21 |
| Wexford County | $56 | — | $3,918 | — | $3.79 |
| Median next door | $62 | $100 | $4,308 | 141.9 2 co. | $7.21 |
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. Lake 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/lake-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.