Farmland Atlas · county record

Cook County, Minnesota

Cook County, MN: land and buildings $7,495 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cook County had 1,940 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Cook County land, per the 2022 census operators' own estimate, carries a value of $7,495 per acre, up 26.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.8 percent a year. The July average nightly low sits at 52.1 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 51.4 F, and the long trend since 1976 runs 0.36 F per decade with no clear direction. Drought pressure has run 143 of 1357 weeks at severe level or worse from 2000-2025, with 2007 the worst year at 35 weeks, and 40 such weeks from 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 8 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$7,495/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
6%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47%

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,495/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,744/ac
Census 2017$5,927/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.5%+4.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250350

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, 2000–2025143 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200735 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202540 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.1 °F1991–2020 normal 51.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.36 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20228%
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland35 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland9 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210110

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record1Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth220 ft
Cattle and calves, 202249
Farmland rented from others, 20226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyLand value
Cook County$7,495
Lake County$7,964
Median next door$7,964 1 co.

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. Cook 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/cook-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.