Lincoln County, Minnesota
Lincoln County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $223 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,365 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27081. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lincoln County runs $223 per acre in 2026, up 26.7 percent from 2016. Land value tracked by the census reached $6,365 per acre in 2022, up 31.6 percent from 2017, or 5.6 percent a year. Cropland here is 0 percent irrigated, so drought exposure runs straight into yields; 2012 brought 37 weeks of severe drought or worse and the worst yield of the period, 143.8 bushels per acre against a median of 161.9. Excess moisture and flood, not heat, is the largest source of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 32 percent, though heat and drought's share rose to 64 percent in 2020-2025. Wind capacity operating in the county stands at 1051.9 MW.
MN median $189 · 32nd highest of 81
MN median $6,372 · 42nd lowest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 15th lowest of 64
MN median $4.92 · tied for 26th highest of 82
MN median 47% · 39th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | $223 | — | $6,365 | 161.9 | $6.12 |
| Lyon County | $230 | — | $7,146 | 172.2 | $5.87 |
| Pipestone County | $233 | — | $7,449 | 167.3 | $6.12 |
| Yellow Medicine County | $230 2025 | — | $7,062 | 174.0 | $4.93 |
| Brookings County, SD | $205 | $259 | $6,212 | 170.4 | $3.62 |
| Deuel County, SD | $181 | — | $5,470 | — | $4.01 |
| Median next door | $218 | $259 1 co. | $7,062 | 171.3 | $4.93 |
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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.