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Kittson County, Minnesota

Kittson County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $90 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,361 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Kittson County averages $90 per acre in 2026, up 8.5 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carry a census value of $3,361 per acre, with that value up 49.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 8.4 percent a year. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 7 percent in 1989-1999, 3 percent in 2000-2009, 10 percent in 2010-2019, and 42 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows average 58 F over 2017-2026 against a 56.6 F normal for 1991-2020, warming at 0.52 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$90/ac

2026 county average
MN median $189 · 21st lowest of 81

Land and buildings

$3,361/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 16th lowest of 84

Rent as % of land value

2.45%

$83 dry rent ÷ $3,361 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, median

—

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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

46%

2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 38th 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$90/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+8.5%nominal, $83 to $90

Pasture, 2023$8/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,361/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,754/ac

Census 2017$2,249/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+49.4%+8.4% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.45%$83 ÷ $3,361; cropland 85% of land in farms

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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$5.38

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.41claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.68$238.3 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium11 of 37

Worst year1993ratio 7.34

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 63% · heat and drought 12% · freeze 12%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, 2000–202564 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202118 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202554 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.0 °F1991–2020 normal 56.6 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September16.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 89% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.9 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, 20223% of cropland14,771 ac

Farmed no-till, 20221% of cropland6,786 ac

Cover crops, 20222% of cropland7,829 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202568,351 ac14% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–202822,059 ac32% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$73/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Irrigation wells on record3Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)

Median well depth192 ft

Cattle and calves, 20228,448−22.6% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202246%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Kittson County	$90	$3,361	—	$5.38
Marshall County	$114	$3,168	129.9	$8.98
Roseau County	$71	$2,551	—	$8.80
Pembina County, ND	$131	$3,915	127.2	$7.26
Median next door	$114	$3,168	128.6 2 co.	$8.80

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Kittson 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/kittson-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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