Farmland Atlas · county record

Ramsey County, Minnesota

Ramsey County, MN: land and buildings $46,973 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Ramsey County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land here is valued at $46,973 per acre by operators, up 76.3 percent from 2017-2022, or 12 percent a year. Irrigation covers 65 percent of harvested cropland. Drought weeks were 97 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2022 the worst year at 20 weeks, and 37 weeks fell in that category from 2021-2025. July nightly lows averaged 62.7 F in the 1991-2020 normal and 63.5 F for 2017-2026, with a trend of 0.35 F per decade since 1976 and no clear direction. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$46,973/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$46,973/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$9,175/ac
Census 2017$26,646/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+76.3%+12.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2001. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250200

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, 2000–202597 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202220 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202537 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.5 °F1991–2020 normal 62.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.35 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September23.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202265%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland15 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record57Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth261 ft
Cattle and calves, 2022none reported

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Ramsey County——$46,973——
Anoka County$71—$9,535137.2$11.23
Dakota County$252$285$8,295189.2$4.30
Hennepin County$141—$17,237162.4$4.90
Washington County$145$216$11,320176.6$2.20
Median next door$143$251 2 co.$10,428169.5$4.60

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. Ramsey 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/ramsey-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.
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.