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St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $94 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,814 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 159.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in St. Clair County is $94 per acre in 2026, up 30.6 percent from 2016. Land value is $5,814 per acre, up 10.7 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$94/ac
2026 county average
MI median $100 · 32nd lowest of 70
Land and buildings
$5,814/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MI median $5,270 · 29th highest of 76
Rent as % of land value
1.26%
$73 dry rent ÷ $5,814 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
159.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 173.8
MI median 153.0 · 15th highest of 45
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.51
2016–2025, closed crop years
MI median $5.92 · 14th highest of 62
Farmland rented
40%
2022 census, rented from others
MI median 34% · 23rd highest of 78

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$55$94 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$94/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+30.6%nominal, $72 to $94
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.54$94 ÷ 173.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,814/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,736/ac
Census 2017$5,254/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+10.7%+2.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.26%$73 ÷ $5,814; cropland 88% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024159.0199.8median 159.9

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

Median, 2008–2025159.9 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025173.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 130.0 bu/ac81% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.2 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920242.354.110.661.00: 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$10.51
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.03claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.86$59.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 22
Worst year2019ratio 4.11
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 65% · heat and drought 17% · area plans 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025090

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, 2000–202512 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20239 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.9 °F1991–2020 normal 62.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.75 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September19.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% 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, 20220%
Drained by tile, 202237% of cropland54,563 ac
Farmed no-till, 202226% of cropland38,580 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,105 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211771,535330

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

CRP enrolled, 2025330 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028281 ac85% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$67/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record72Michigan EGLE Wellogic water well records
Median well depth108 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20251.4 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20228,269+3.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202240%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
St. Clair County$94$5,814159.9$10.51
Lapeer County$99$6,513161.4$6.82
Macomb County$102$7,741160.2$11.46
Sanilac County$157$6,380173.8$3.69
Median next door$102$6,513161.4$6.82

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. St. Clair 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/st-clair-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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