Martin County, Minnesota
Martin County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $280 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,968 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 188.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Martin County averages $280 per acre in 2026, up 15.7 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carry a census value of $8,968 per acre, with land value up 33.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, 6 percent a year. Excess moisture and flood account for 59 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, the largest single cause. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 1 percent in 1989-1999 to 34 percent in 2000-2009, then to 13 percent in 2010-2019 and 12 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland in the county was irrigated as of the 2022 census, and wind operating capacity stands at 256.8 MW against 0 MW of solar.
MN median $189 · highest of 81
MN median $6,372 · 6th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 13th highest of 64
MN median $4.92 · tied for 37th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 3rd highest 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin County | $280 | $8,968 | 188.0 | $4.71 |
| Emmet County, IA | $239 | $9,410 | 183.1 | $3.84 |
| Kossuth County, IA | $282 | $10,771 | 190.7 | $2.78 |
| Blue Earth County | $252 | $7,755 | 187.4 | $4.14 |
| Faribault County | $254 | $8,169 | 188.2 | $4.01 |
| Jackson County | $243 | $8,449 | 184.8 | $4.38 |
| Watonwan County | $252 | $8,091 | 186.9 | $4.51 |
| Median next door | $252 | $8,309 | 187.2 | $4.08 |
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. Martin 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/martin-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.