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Dodge County, Minnesota

Dodge County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $277 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,615 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 195.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Dodge County is $277 per acre for 2026, up 9.5 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 was $8,615 per acre, up 25 percent from 2017, 4.6 percent a year. Drought weeks were 14 out of the 2021-2025 stretch, against a worst single year of 23 weeks in 2012.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$277/ac

2026 county average
MN median $189 · tied for 3rd highest of 81

Land and buildings

$8,615/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 10th highest of 84

Rent as % of land value

3.11%

$268 dry rent ÷ $8,615 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

195.4 bu/ac

recent level 2021–2025: 208.9
MN median 180.7 · highest of 64

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$3.31

2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 6th lowest of 82

Farmland rented

60%

2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 16th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$277/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+9.5%nominal, $253 to $277

Pasture, 2026$42/ac

Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.33$277 ÷ 208.9 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,615/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$6,148/ac

Census 2017$6,892/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+25.0%+4.6% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.11%$268 ÷ $8,615; cropland 94% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2025195.4 bu/ac17 published years

Recent level, 2021–2025208.9 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2013: 164.0 bu/ac84% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+1.8 bu/ac a year±1.3 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$3.31

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.58claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.68$123.6 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium5 of 31

Worst year2013ratio 4.10

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 39% · heat and drought 22% · price decline (revenue policies) 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202590 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201223 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.9 °F1991–2020 normal 60.0 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September26.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 202279% of cropland206,560 ac

Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland18,958 ac

Cover crops, 20222% of cropland5,435 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,946 ac1.9% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20281,898 ac38% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$272/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Irrigation wells on record13Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)

Median well depth230 ft

Solar and wind operating, 202533.5 MW solar · 43 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202223,457+44.5% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202260%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Dodge County	$277	—	$8,615	195.4	$3.31
Goodhue County	$277	$284	$8,303	194.5	$2.44
Mower County	$276	$286 2025	$8,240	194.1	$4.25
Olmsted County	$246	—	$7,058	186.9	$3.63
Rice County	$276	$350	$8,330	188.3	$4.54
Steele County	$258	—	$9,183	188.2	$4.09
Median next door	$276	$317 2 co.	$8,303	188.3	$4.09

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. Dodge 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/dodge-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.

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