Washtenaw County, Michigan
Washtenaw County, MI: non-irrigated cash rent $92 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,616 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 26161. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Washtenaw County averages $92 per acre in 2026, up 22.7 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $7,616 per acre in 2022, down 2.6 percent from 2017, or down 0.5 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 3.6 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 146.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 73.3 in 2012. July nightly lows have warmed to 61.9 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 60.2 F, part of a longer trend of 0.52 F per decade since 1976. Heat and drought drove 44 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and only 5 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation.
MI median $100 · 29th lowest of 70
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
MI median $5,270 · 9th highest of 76
MI median 153.0 · 18th lowest of 45
MI median $5.92 · 20th highest of 62
MI median 34% · 15th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washtenaw County | $92 | — | $7,616 | 146.8 | $7.85 |
| Jackson County | $97 | — | $4,952 | 140.6 | $4.82 |
| Lenawee County | $165 | — | $5,766 | 169.0 | $4.99 |
| Livingston County | $105 | — | $7,380 | 154.8 | $5.46 |
| Monroe County | $172 | $220 2023 | $6,275 | 168.1 | $5.35 |
| Oakland County | $71 | — | $15,247 | 142.6 | $15.09 |
| Wayne County | $90 | — | $20,415 | 130.0 | $25.90 |
| Median next door | $101 | — | $6,828 | 148.7 | $5.41 |
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. Washtenaw 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/washtenaw-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.