Norman County, Minnesota
Norman County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $161 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,636 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 141.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27107. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Norman County averages $161 per acre in 2026, up 33.1 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $4,636 per acre in 2022, up 40.4 percent from 2017. Corn yield trend runs 2.4 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 141.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 105.6 in 2021. Crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025 total $279.4 million, led by excess moisture and flood at 47 percent, while heat and drought's share climbed from 1 percent in 1989-1999 to 4 percent in 2000-2009, 24 percent in 2010-2019, and 34 percent in 2020-2025. No irrigation is in use, no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed, and July nightly lows show no clear direction since 1976.
MN median $189 · 32nd lowest of 81
MN median $6,372 · 28th lowest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 4th lowest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 23rd highest of 82
MN median 47% · 5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman County | $161 | — | $4,636 | 141.7 | $6.77 |
| Becker County | $127 | — | $3,413 | — | $4.79 |
| Clay County | $172 | — | $4,738 | 156.5 | $4.16 |
| Mahnomen County | $128 | — | $4,169 | — | $5.43 |
| Polk County | $166 | $211 | $4,321 | — | $6.47 |
| Cass County, ND | $163 | — | $4,110 | 149.7 | $6.88 |
| Traill County, ND | $161 | — | $3,725 | 146.4 | $8.49 |
| Median next door | $162 | $211 1 co. | $4,140 | 149.7 | $5.95 |
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. Norman 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/norman-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.