Fillmore County, Minnesota
Fillmore County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $263 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,919 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 192.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Fillmore County is $263 per acre in 2026, up 22.9 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carry a census value of $5,919 per acre, up 6.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, 1.3 percent a year, and 2022 rent equals 3.62 percent of that value. The corn yield trend is 1.9 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 192.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 169 in 2008. Heat and drought stand as the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 33 percent, and its share by period runs 8 percent, 46 percent, 16 percent, and 57 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Solar operating capacity is 52 MW; wind operating is 0 MW.
MN median $189 · tied for 12th highest of 81
MN median $6,372 · 38th lowest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 4th highest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 5th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 36th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore County | $263 | — | $5,919 | 192.2 | $2.98 |
| Howard County, IA | $283 | — | $8,461 | 190.0 | $2.49 |
| Winneshiek County, IA | $274 | — | $8,233 | 192.9 | $2.31 |
| Houston County | $217 | — | $5,209 | 185.4 | $5.55 |
| Mower County | $276 | $286 2025 | $8,240 | 194.1 | $4.25 |
| Olmsted County | $246 | — | $7,058 | 186.9 | $3.63 |
| Winona County | $208 | — | $6,840 | 191.0 | $2.78 |
| Median next door | $260 | — | $7,646 | 190.5 | $3.21 |
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. Fillmore 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/fillmore-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.