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Faribault County, Minnesota

Faribault County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $254 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,169 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 188.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Faribault County runs $254 per acre for 2026, up 6.7 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 was $8,169 per acre, up 20.2 percent from 2017, or 3.7 percent a year.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$254/ac
2026 county average
MN median $189 · 16th highest of 81
Land and buildings
$8,169/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 22nd highest of 84
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
188.2 bu/ac
16 published years
MN median 180.7 · tied for 11th highest of 64
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.01
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · tied for 15th lowest of 82
Farmland rented
62%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 6th highest of 84

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$159$254 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$254/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+6.7%nominal, $238 to $254

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,169/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,624/ac
Census 2017$6,799/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.2%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024184.0221.1median 188.2

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

Median, 2008–2025188.2 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2018: 161.7 bu/ac86% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.2 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.147.990.261.00: 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$4.01
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.72claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.73$251.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 37
Worst year1993ratio 7.99
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 57% · price decline (revenue policies) 18% · heat and drought 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252400

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, 2000–2025117 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201240 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202517 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.0 °F1991–2020 normal 61.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.39 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 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, 202271% of cropland259,020 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland25,498 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland9,104 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021766,3383,873

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,873 ac1.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,175 ac30% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$279/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record5Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth194 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20251.8 MW solar · 38.6 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20226,228−54.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202262%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Faribault County$254—$8,169188.2$4.01
Kossuth County, IA$282—$10,771190.7$2.78
Winnebago County, IA$262—$9,707190.8$2.73
Blue Earth County$252—$7,755187.4$4.14
Freeborn County$272$301 2023$7,698182.9$3.53
Martin County$280—$8,968188.0$4.71
Waseca County$263—$8,825191.7$3.94
Median next door$268—$8,897189.4$3.74

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. Faribault 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/faribault-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.