Farmland Atlas · county record

Marshall County, Minnesota

Marshall County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $114 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,168 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 129.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Marshall County averages $114 per acre for 2026, up 44.3 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $3,168 per acre in 2022, up 28.1 percent from 2017, 5.1 percent a year. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved up each period: 7 percent in 1989-1999, 9 percent in 2000-2009, 16 percent in 2010-2019, 30 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low has warmed 0.43 F per decade since 1976, and corn yields carry a fitted trend of 2.6 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with 2021 the low year at 100.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$114/ac
2026 county average
MN median $189 · 25th lowest of 81
Land and buildings
$3,168/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 10th lowest of 84
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.73
$114 ÷ 157.1 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
129.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 157.1
MN median 180.7 · lowest of 64
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.98
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 16th highest of 82
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 40th highest of 84

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$55$114 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, 2026$114/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+44.3%nominal, $79 to $114
Pasture, 2026$25/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.73$114 ÷ 157.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,168/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,109/ac
Census 2017$2,474/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+28.1%+5.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024109.0183.1median 129.9

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

Median, 2008–2025129.9 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025157.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 100.0 bu/ac77% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.6 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.806.400.211.00: 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$8.98
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.58claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.72$508.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 37
Worst year1993ratio 6.40
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 64% · heat and drought 16% · freeze 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250240

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, 2000–202586 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200624 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202517 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.6 °F1991–2020 normal 56.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.43 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September17.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 92% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.6 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, 20226% of cropland51,305 ac
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland12,170 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland53,929 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202113,395205,64582,340

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

CRP enrolled, 202582,340 ac11.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202828,170 ac34% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$89/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record6Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth128 ft
Cattle and calves, 202210,835+1.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Marshall County$114—$3,168129.9$8.98
Beltrami County$54—$3,063—$9.92
Kittson County$90—$3,361—$5.38
Pennington County$83—$3,241—$11.95
Polk County$166$211$4,321—$6.47
Roseau County$71—$2,551—$8.80
Grand Forks County, ND$134$228 2024$3,568136.8$8.92
Pembina County, ND$131—$3,915127.2$7.26
Walsh County, ND$136$218$3,221128.9$8.28
Median next door$110$215 2 co.$3,301128.9$8.54

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. Marshall 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/marshall-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.
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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.