Montcalm County, Michigan
Montcalm County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $107 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,937 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 151.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Montcalm County runs $107 per acre in 2026, up 28.9 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $241 per acre, a multiple of 2.25 times the non-irrigated rate in 2026, against 2.12 in 2013, with no clear direction to that spread. Census value of land and buildings stands at $4,937 per acre, up 23.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.3 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities for 1989-2025 total $38.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 36 percent; that share was 18 percent in 1989-1999, 43 percent in 2000-2009, 34 percent in 2010-2019, and 46 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for the ten closed crop years 2016-2025 is 0.37, against 0.43 for the full 1989-2025 record.
MI median $100 · 32nd highest of 70
MI median $241 · 9th highest of 18
MI median $5,270 · 33rd lowest of 76
MI median 153.0 · 21st lowest of 45
MI median $5.92 · 4th lowest of 62
MI median 34% · 33rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcalm County | $107 | $241 | $4,937 | 151.5 | $2.78 |
| Gratiot County | $186 | $264 | $6,512 | 163.0 | $3.11 |
| Ionia County | $196 | $235 | $6,594 | 164.1 | $3.78 |
| Isabella County | $135 | — | $4,954 | 147.3 | $7.40 |
| Kent County | $145 | $247 | $7,869 | 156.5 | $10.96 |
| Mecosta County | $70 | $155 | $4,348 | 135.0 | $5.66 |
| Newaygo County | $94 | $130 | $5,405 | 138.2 | $6.19 |
| Median next door | $140 | $235 | $5,959 | 151.9 | $5.93 |
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. Montcalm 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/montcalm-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.