Cottonwood County, Minnesota
Cottonwood County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $231 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,224 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 181.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cottonwood County averages $231 per acre in 2026, up 19.1 percent from 2016. Census land value for 2022 stands at $8,224 per acre, up 30.1 percent from 2017, or 5.4 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 2.2 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 181.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 156 in 2019. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $143.1 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 40 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 3 percent in 1989-1999 to 33 percent in 2000-2009 to 18 percent in 2010-2019 to 27 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and wind operating capacity is 286.8 MW, with 200 MW wind proposed to EIA.
MN median $189 · 30th highest of 81
MN median $6,372 · 21st highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 31st highest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 11th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 24th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood County | $231 | — | $8,224 | 181.7 | $3.62 |
| Brown County | $236 | $251 | $8,310 | 185.1 | $4.56 |
| Jackson County | $243 | — | $8,449 | 184.8 | $4.38 |
| Murray County | $246 | — | $8,581 | 183.0 | $5.26 |
| Nobles County | $244 | — | $8,605 | 180.0 | $4.67 |
| Redwood County | $251 2025 | — | $8,408 | 176.0 | $5.08 |
| Watonwan County | $252 | — | $8,091 | 186.9 | $4.51 |
| Median next door | $244 | $251 1 co. | $8,429 | 183.9 | $4.62 |
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. Cottonwood 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/cottonwood-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.