Dakota County, Minnesota
Dakota County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $252 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,295 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 189.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dakota County averages $252 per acre in 2026, up 33.3 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $285 per acre, a multiple of 1.13 over non-irrigated, down from 1.26 in 2013, with no clear direction over that span. Census value of land and buildings stood at $8,295 per acre in 2022, up 20.2 percent from 2017, or 3.7 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities since 1989 total $99.3 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 50 percent; that share was 20 percent in 1989-1999, 60 percent in 2000-2009, 31 percent in 2010-2019, and 65 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.57, and the county held severe drought or worse for 28 weeks in 2021-2025.
MN median $189 · tied for 17th highest of 81
MN median $229 · 3rd highest of 17
MN median $6,372 · 18th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 8th highest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 25th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 33rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota County | $252 | $285 | $8,295 | 189.2 | $4.30 |
| Goodhue County | $277 | $284 | $8,303 | 194.5 | $2.44 |
| Hennepin County | $141 | — | $17,237 | 162.4 | $4.90 |
| Ramsey County | — | — | $46,973 | — | — |
| Rice County | $276 | $350 | $8,330 | 188.3 | $4.54 |
| Scott County | $236 | — | $9,547 | 189.0 | $4.49 |
| Washington County | $145 | $216 | $11,320 | 176.6 | $2.20 |
| Pierce County, WI | $179 | — | $5,863 | 177.6 | $2.31 |
| Median next door | $208 | $284 | $9,547 | 183.0 | $3.47 |
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. Dakota 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/dakota-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.