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Chippewa County, Minnesota

Chippewa County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $212 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,742 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 184.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Chippewa County averages $212 per acre in 2026, up 12.8 percent from 2016. Land value carries at $7,742 per acre, up 31.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.6 percent a year. Water risk leans wet, not dry: excess moisture and flood account for 51 percent of indemnities paid from 1989-2025, and the county spent 64 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2013 the worst year at 21 weeks. Heat and drought's share of indemnities ran 1 percent in 1989-1999, 22 percent in 2000-2009, 6 percent in 2010-2019, and 16 percent in 2020-2025. Corn yield trend is fitted at 1.8 bushels per acre a year on 2008-2025, with a median of 184.6 bushels and a worst year of 155.1 in 2011.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$212/ac
2026 county average
MN median $189 · 37th highest of 81
Cash rent, irrigated
$177/ac
2017 county average
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$7,742/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 28th highest of 84
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
184.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 192.0
MN median 180.7 · 26th highest of 64
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 30th highest of 82
Farmland rented
65%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 2nd highest of 84

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$128$212 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$212/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+12.8%nominal, $188 to $212
Irrigated, 2017$177/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.10$212 ÷ 192.0 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,742/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,167/ac
Census 2017$5,894/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+31.4%+5.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.89%$224 ÷ $7,742; cropland 91% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024156.0200.7184.8median 184.6

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

Median, 2008–2025184.6 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025192.0 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 155.1 bu/ac84% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.8 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.175.882.461.00: 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$5.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.84claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.69$212.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 37
Worst year1993ratio 5.88
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · price decline (revenue policies) 13% · heat and drought 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250210

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, 2000–202564 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201321 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.9 °F1991–2020 normal 60.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.29 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September20.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202263% of cropland209,554 ac
Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland4,404 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland12,348 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202120615,93810,020

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,020 ac3.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,395 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$212/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record28Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth93 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202520 MW solar · 44.6 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202216,299−27.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202265%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Chippewa County$212—$7,742184.6$5.77
Kandiyohi County$275$287$7,432185.5$5.38
Lac qui Parle County$215$183 2025$6,362177.3$4.10
Renville County$268—$8,138185.1$4.68
Swift County$220$229$6,379181.8$4.81
Yellow Medicine County$230 2025—$7,062174.0$4.93
Median next door$244$258 2 co.$7,062181.8$4.81

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. Chippewa 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/chippewa-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.