Lenawee County, Michigan
Lenawee County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $165 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,766 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lenawee County averages $165 per acre in 2026, up 9.3 percent from 2016. Census land value came in at $5,766 per acre in 2022, up 10.3 percent from 2017, or 2 percent a year. Corn yields trended up 3.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 169 bushels per acre against a worst year of 100.3 in 2012. Heat and drought stayed the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025 at 33 percent, and its share rose to 39 percent in 2020-2025 after 34 percent in 2010-2019. Drought weeks fell to 0 in 2021-2025 from 15 of 1357 weeks in 2000-2025 overall.
MI median $100 · 9th highest of 70
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
MI median $5,270 · 30th highest of 76
MI median 153.0 · 4th highest of 45
MI median $5.92 · 23rd lowest of 62
MI median 34% · 7th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenawee County | $165 | — | $5,766 | 169.0 | $4.99 |
| Hillsdale County | $150 | $233 | $5,493 | 156.2 | $4.53 |
| Jackson County | $97 | — | $4,952 | 140.6 | $4.82 |
| Monroe County | $172 | $220 2023 | $6,275 | 168.1 | $5.35 |
| Washtenaw County | $92 | — | $7,616 | 146.8 | $7.85 |
| Fulton County, OH | $226 | — | $7,946 | 178.9 | $3.85 |
| Lucas County, OH | $175 | — | $8,863 | 177.1 | $4.94 |
| Median next door | $161 | $233 1 co. | $6,946 | 162.2 | $4.88 |
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. Lenawee 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/lenawee-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.