Mower County, Minnesota
Mower County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $276 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,240 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 194.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27099. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Mower County runs $276 per acre for 2026, up 15.5 percent from 2016. Land value came in at $8,240 per acre in the 2022 Census, the operators' own estimate, up 20.9 percent from 2017, 3.9 percent a year. Corn yield trend is 2.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 194.1 bushels per acre and a worst year in 2013 at 154.5. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities moved from 6 percent in 1989-1999 to 40 percent in 2000-2009, 19 percent in 2010-2019, and 79 percent in 2020-2025. The county logged 41 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 96 weeks total from 2000-2025.
MN median $189 · tied for 6th highest of 81
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
MN median $6,372 · 20th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 3rd highest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 23rd lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 14th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mower County | $276 | $286 2025 | $8,240 | 194.1 | $4.25 |
| Howard County, IA | $283 | — | $8,461 | 190.0 | $2.49 |
| Mitchell County, IA | $277 | — | $10,387 | 193.9 | $3.68 |
| Worth County, IA | $241 | — | $9,241 | 192.3 | $3.03 |
| Dodge County | $277 | — | $8,615 | 195.4 | $3.31 |
| Fillmore County | $263 | — | $5,919 | 192.2 | $2.98 |
| Freeborn County | $272 | $301 2023 | $7,698 | 182.9 | $3.53 |
| Olmsted County | $246 | — | $7,058 | 186.9 | $3.63 |
| Steele County | $258 | — | $9,183 | 188.2 | $4.09 |
| Median next door | $268 | — | $8,538 | 191.1 | $3.42 |
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. Mower 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/mower-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.