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Monroe County, Michigan

Monroe County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $172 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,275 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 168.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Monroe County averages $172 per acre in 2026, up 21.1 percent from 2016. Census land value sits at $6,275 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 1.9 percent, 0.4 percent a year. Corn yields carry a trend of 2.8 bushels per acre a year on the fitted years 2008-2025, with a median of 168.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 2012 at 101.6. Heat and drought's share of indemnities ran 50 percent in 1989-1999, 42 percent in 2000-2009, 29 percent in 2010-2019, and 40 percent in 2020-2025; excess moisture and flood is the largest overall cause, at 41 percent.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$172/ac
2026 county average
MI median $100 · 7th highest of 70
Cash rent, irrigated
$220/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$6,275/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MI median $5,270 · 23rd highest of 76
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
168.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 187.8
MI median 153.0 · 5th highest of 45
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.35
2016–2025, closed crop years
MI median $5.92 · 25th lowest of 62
Farmland rented
59%
2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · highest of 78

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$95$172 dry$211$220 irrigated

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$172/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+21.1%nominal, $142 to $172
Irrigated, 2023$220/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.92$172 ÷ 187.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,275/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,553/ac
Census 2017$6,156/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+1.9%+0.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.37%$149 ÷ $6,275; cropland 92% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024139.0193.8187.0median 168.1

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

Median, 2008–2025168.1 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025187.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 101.6 bu/ac61% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.8 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.313.130.141.00: 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$5.35
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.58claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.69$89.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 26
Worst year2019ratio 3.13
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 41% · heat and drought 33% · freeze 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025140

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, 2000–20255 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20124 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.5 °F1991–2020 normal 62.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.54 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September20.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202264% of cropland121,963 ac
Farmed no-till, 202228% of cropland53,979 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland8,615 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202103,0222,202

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,202 ac1.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028638 ac29% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$208/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record562Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records
Median well depth120 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202520 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,994−10.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202259%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Monroe County$172$220 2023$6,275168.1$5.35
Lenawee County$165—$5,766169.0$4.99
Washtenaw County$92—$7,616146.8$7.85
Wayne County$90—$20,415130.0$25.90
Lucas County, OH$175—$8,863177.1$4.94
Median next door$129—$8,240157.9$6.42

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. Monroe 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/monroe-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.