Mecosta County, Michigan
Mecosta County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $70 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,348 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 135.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26107. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Mecosta County runs $70 per acre in 2026, up 7.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated ground rents at $155 per acre, and groundwater supplies 95 percent of irrigation water as of 2015. Corn yields have a fitted trend of 1 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 135 bushels per acre and a worst year of 108 in 2008. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved from 19 percent in 1989-1999, to 40 percent in 2000-2009, to 35 percent in 2010-2019, to 56 percent in 2020-2025. Census land value stands at $4,348 per acre for 2022, up 24.1 percent from 2017. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
MI median $100 · 23rd lowest of 70
MI median $241 · 4th lowest of 18
MI median $5,270 · 26th lowest of 76
MI median 153.0 · 8th lowest of 45
MI median $5.92 · 30th lowest of 62
MI median 34% · 31st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecosta County | $70 | $155 | $4,348 | 135.0 | $5.66 |
| Isabella County | $135 | — | $4,954 | 147.3 | $7.40 |
| Montcalm County | $107 | $241 | $4,937 | 151.5 | $2.78 |
| Newaygo County | $94 | $130 | $5,405 | 138.2 | $6.19 |
| Osceola County | $79 | — | $3,515 | — | $7.21 |
| Median next door | $100 | $186 2 co. | $4,946 | 147.3 | $6.70 |
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. Mecosta 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/mecosta-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.