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Koochiching County, Minnesota

Koochiching County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2024); land and buildings $2,595 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Koochiching County averages $24 per acre in 2024, up 14.3 percent from 2014. Land value stood at $2,595 per acre in 2022, up 79.8 percent from 2017, a rate of 12.5 percent a year. Crop insurance history shows $8.3 million in indemnities over 1989-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 69 percent. Heat and drought's share of indemnities ran 4 percent in 1989-1999, 5 percent in 2000-2009, 5 percent in 2010-2019, and 18 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland here is irrigated, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$24/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,595/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 2nd lowest of 84
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 49% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.72
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 4th highest of 82
Farmland rented
24%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 4th lowest of 84

Cash rent

$0$10$20201020152020$15$24 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, 2024$24/ac
Change 2014 to 2024+14.3%nominal, $21 to $24
Pasture, 2025$11/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,595/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,176/ac
Census 2017$1,443/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+79.8%+12.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 49% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

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$11.72
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.76claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.00$8.3 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 69% · freeze 17% · heat and drought 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250340

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, 2000–2025109 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200734 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202537 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.5 °F1991–2020 normal 54.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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, 202212% of cropland3,626 ac
Farmed no-till, 2022under 1% of cropland102 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland350 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,17646

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

CRP enrolled, 202546 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202824 ac
Irrigation wells on record2Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth89 ft
Cattle and calves, 20223,251−17.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202224%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Koochiching County$24 2024$2,595$11.72
Beltrami County$54$3,063$9.92
Itasca County$39$3,363$11.01
Lake of the Woods County$59$2,618$10.44
St. Louis County$21$3,927—
Median next door$47$3,213$10.44

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. Koochiching 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/koochiching-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.