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Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Kandiyohi County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $275 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,432 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 185.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$275/ac
2026 county average
MN median $189 · tied for 8th highest of 81
Cash rent, irrigated
$287/ac
2026 county average
MN median $229 · 2nd highest of 17
Land and buildings
$7,432/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 32nd highest of 84
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
185.5 bu/ac
15 published years
MN median 180.7 · 20th highest of 64
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.38
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · tied for 35th highest of 82
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 23rd highest of 84

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$128$275 dry$179$287 irrigated

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$275/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+33.5%nominal, $206 to $275
Irrigated, 2026$287/ac
Pasture, 2026$64/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,432/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,806/ac
Census 2017$5,218/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+42.4%+7.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.93%$218 ÷ $7,432; cropland 88% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024164.0203.7172.9median 185.5

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

Median, 2008–2025185.5 bu/ac15 published years
Lowest published year2011: 149.7 bu/ac81% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.1 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.382.781.971.00: 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$5.38
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.77claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.73$202.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 34
Worst year2014ratio 2.78
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 43% · heat and drought 21% · price decline (revenue policies) 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250260

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, 2000–202564 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201326 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.0 °F1991–2020 normal 60.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.23 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September21.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20227%
Drained by tile, 202260% of cropland260,802 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland26,858 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland15,395 ac
198619911996200120062011201620214,28040,73125,574

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

CRP enrolled, 202525,574 ac6.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20287,586 ac30% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$211/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record252Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth52 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202514 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202241,065−12.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Kandiyohi County$275$287$7,432185.5$5.38
Chippewa County$212—$7,742184.6$5.77
Meeker County$217$230$5,951176.6$4.21
Pope County$177$229$5,298176.4$4.45
Renville County$268—$8,138185.1$4.68
Stearns County$191$273$5,605171.1$6.10
Swift County$220$229$6,379181.8$4.81
Median next door$215$230$6,165179.2$4.75

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. Kandiyohi 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/kandiyohi-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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