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Oceana County, Michigan

Oceana County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $106 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,348 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 131.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26127. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Oceana County is $106 per acre in 2026, up 86 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $5,348 per acre, up 28.6 percent from 2017, 5.2 percent a year. July nightly lows average 59.2 F over 2017-2026 against a 57.5 F normal for 1991-2020, warming at 0.5 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$106/ac

2026 county average
MI median $100 · 33rd highest of 70

Cash rent, irrigated

$98/ac

2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare

Land and buildings

$5,348/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MI median $5,270 · 36th highest of 76

Corn yield, 2009–2025 median

131.7 bu/ac

recent level 2021–2025: 146.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
MI median 153.0 · 7th lowest of 45

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$12.42

2016–2025, closed crop years
MI median $5.92 · 7th highest of 62

Farmland rented

35%

2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · 38th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$106/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+86.0%nominal, $57 to $106

Irrigated, 2023$98/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,348/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,221/ac

Census 2017$4,159/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+28.6%+5.2% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— about 12% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

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

Median, 2009–2025131.7 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined

Recent level, 2021–2025146.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2009: 113.0 bu/ac86% of median

Trend, 2009–2025+1.2 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$12.42

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.74claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.82$40.1 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium3 of 14

Worst year2012ratio 3.13

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 60% · heat and drought 11% · price decline (revenue policies) 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202514 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks20258 weeks

Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.2 °F1991–2020 normal 57.5 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September20.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202212%

Drained by tile, 202212% of cropland9,224 ac

Farmed no-till, 202216% of cropland12,473 ac

Cover crops, 20228% of cropland6,485 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025357 ac0.5% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–2028244 ac68% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$68/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Irrigation wells on record371Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records

Median well depth132 ft

Cattle and calves, 20225,392−18.8% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Oceana County	$106	$98 2023	$5,348	131.7	$12.42
Mason County	$62	$100	$4,628	145.6	$7.39
Muskegon County	$111	—	$5,539	138.6	$9.66
Newaygo County	$94	$130	$5,405	138.2	$6.19
Median next door	$94	$115 2 co.	$5,405	138.6	$7.39

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. Oceana 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/oceana-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.

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