Nobles County, Minnesota
Nobles County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $244 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,605 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 180.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27105. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Nobles County averages $244 per acre in 2026, up 17.9 percent from 2016. Census land value is $8,605 per acre, up 24.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.5 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 1.4 bushels per acre a year on the 2008-2024 record, with a median of 180 bushels per acre and a worst year of 150.4 in 2019. Crop insurance history shows $232.8 million paid out over 1989-2025, led by excess moisture and flood at 41 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 2 percent in 1989-1999 to 38 percent in 2000-2009 to 17 percent in 2010-2019 to 29 percent in 2020-2025. No cropland here is irrigated, and wind capacity operating stands at 493.1 MW.
MN median $189 · 23rd highest of 81
MN median $6,372 · 11th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 32nd lowest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 35th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 17th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobles County | $244 | $8,605 | 180.0 | $4.67 |
| Lyon County, IA | $284 | $12,857 | 193.0 | $2.28 |
| Osceola County, IA | $283 | $11,586 | 192.7 | $2.85 |
| Cottonwood County | $231 | $8,224 | 181.7 | $3.62 |
| Jackson County | $243 | $8,449 | 184.8 | $4.38 |
| Murray County | $246 | $8,581 | 183.0 | $5.26 |
| Rock County | $277 | $8,831 | 181.4 | $3.59 |
| Median next door | $262 | $8,706 | 183.9 | $3.61 |
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. Nobles 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/nobles-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.