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Kanabec County, Minnesota

Kanabec County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $71 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,246 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 125.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27065. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 is $3,246 per acre, up 22.4 percent from 2017, 4.1 percent a year, with rent at 1.89 percent of land value. July nights average 59.2 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 58.2 F, warming 0.43 F per decade since 1976. No irrigation, no solar or wind is present in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$71/ac

2026 county average
MN median $189 · tied for 15th lowest of 81

Land and buildings

$3,246/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 14th lowest of 84

Rent as % of land value

1.89%

$62 dry rent ÷ $3,246 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

125.0 bu/ac

10 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$7.03

2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 21st highest of 82

Farmland rented

30%

2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 15th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$71/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+18.5%nominal, $60 to $71

Pasture, 2026$21/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,246/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,295/ac

Census 2017$2,652/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+22.4%+4.1% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.89%$62 ÷ $3,246; cropland 59% 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, 2008–2025125.0 bu/ac10 published years

Lowest published year2021: 110.0 bu/ac88% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+2.5 bu/ac a year±2.9 (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$7.03

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.46claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.66$22.8 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium3 of 17

Worst year2014ratio 1.90

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 45% · excess moisture 37% · freeze 11%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, 2000–202579 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks200624 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202517 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.2 °F1991–2020 normal 58.2 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.43 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September22.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%

Drained by tile, 20224% of cropland2,263 ac

Farmed no-till, 202216% of cropland9,521 ac

Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,682 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 2025107 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20286 ac6% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$58/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Irrigation wells on record14Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)

Median well depth138 ft

Cattle and calves, 20226,258−46.6% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Kanabec County	$71	$3,246	—	$7.03
Aitkin County	$19	$2,854	—	$13.52
Isanti County	$60	$5,934	145.7	$9.31
Mille Lacs County	$81	$3,934	148.5	$9.33
Pine County	$41	$3,269	139.4	$7.36
Median next door	$50	$3,602	145.7	$9.32

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. Kanabec 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/kanabec-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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