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Ogemaw County, Michigan

Ogemaw County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $64 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,407 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26129. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 stood at $3,407 per acre, rent representing 1.19 percent of that value. July nightly lows have warmed 0.77 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 57.9 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 56.1 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$64/ac
2026 county average
MI median $100 · 20th lowest of 70
Land and buildings
$3,407/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MI median $5,270 · 10th lowest of 76
Rent as % of land value
1.19%
$41 dry rent ÷ $3,407 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
146.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 160.2
MI median 153.0 · 17th lowest of 45
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.01
2016–2025, closed crop years
MI median $5.92 · 14th lowest of 62
Farmland rented
29%
2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · 28th lowest of 78

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$29$64 dry

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$64/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+71.6%nominal, $37 to $64
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.40$64 ÷ 160.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,407/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,650/ac
Census 2017$2,797/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+21.8%+4.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.19%$41 ÷ $3,407; cropland 75% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024139.0171.8153.7median 146.2

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

Median, 2008–2025146.2 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025160.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 122.5 bu/ac84% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.1 bu/ac a year±1.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2011201620210.180.430.940.970.390.290.200.280.181.00: 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$4.01
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.31claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.45$9.2 million paid
Worst year2014ratio 0.97
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 43% · heat and drought 30% · freeze 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202501311

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, 2000–202534 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200313 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.9 °F1991–2020 normal 56.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.77 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September19.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 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, 202227% of cropland14,272 ac
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland6,301 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland3,738 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210952132

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

CRP enrolled, 2025132 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202810 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$44/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record155Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records
Median well depth90 ft
Cattle and calves, 202212,212−28.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Ogemaw County$64$3,407146.2$4.01
Arenac County$128$4,500155.7$4.04
Gladwin County$137$4,647151.1$7.81
Iosco County$52$3,856—$5.68
Oscoda County$65$3,847——
Roscommon County—$4,073——
Median next door$96$4,073153.4 2 co.$5.68

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. Ogemaw 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/ogemaw-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.