Benton County, Minnesota
Benton County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $128 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,147 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 154.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Benton County averages $128 per acre in 2026, up 53.3 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $5,147 per acre, up 17.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.2 percent a year. Corn yields carry a trend of 3.1 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 154.3 bushels per acre and a low of 90.3 in 2014. Heat and drought account for 51 percent of indemnities since 1989, and their share moved 10 percent, 57 percent, 27 percent, 88 percent across the four measured periods, with no steady direction across the four. The loss ratio was 0.94 for all closed years, 0.7 for 2016-2025.
MN median $189 · tied for 28th lowest of 81
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
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MN median 47% · 16th lowest of 84
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County | $128 | — | $5,147 | 154.3 | $10.19 |
| Mille Lacs County | $81 | — | $3,934 | 148.5 | $9.33 |
| Morrison County | $94 | — | $3,889 | 154.1 | $10.61 |
| Sherburne County | $66 | $235 | $7,181 | 163.1 | $5.24 |
| Stearns County | $191 | $273 | $5,605 | 171.1 | $6.10 |
| Median next door | $87 | $254 2 co. | $4,770 | 158.6 | $7.72 |
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. Benton County, Minnesota. 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/minnesota/benton-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.