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Red Lake County, Minnesota

Red Lake County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $91 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,951 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 136.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27125. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in the 2022 census was $2,951 per acre, up 24.5 percent from 2017, and rent sits at 2.41 percent of that value. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, so groundwater exposure is limited here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$91/ac
2026 county average
MN median $189 · 22nd lowest of 81
Land and buildings
$2,951/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 6th lowest of 84
Rent as % of land value
2.41%
$71 dry rent ÷ $2,951 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
136.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 163.0
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.24
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 14th highest of 82
Farmland rented
41%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 32nd lowest of 84

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$45$91 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$91/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+32.1%nominal, $69 to $91
Pasture, 2024$27/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.56$91 ÷ 163.0 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,951/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,750/ac
Census 2017$2,370/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.5%+4.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.41%$71 ÷ $2,951; cropland 90% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024123.0183.0median 136.2

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025136.2 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025163.0 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 89.9 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.5 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.733.260.311.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$9.24
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.87claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.72$96.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 30
Worst year2021ratio 3.26
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 46% · heat and drought 29% · freeze 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250240

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, 2000–2025100 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200624 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.8 °F1991–2020 normal 57.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.31 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September17.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 91% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20229% of cropland16,305 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland10,120 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland5,957 ac
198619911996200120062011201620216,53252,9367,516

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

CRP enrolled, 20257,516 ac4.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,391 ac19% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$73/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record23Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth230 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20251 MW solar · 4.6 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202210,937+69.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202241%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Red Lake County$91—$2,951$9.24
Pennington County$83—$3,241$11.95
Polk County$166$211$4,321$6.47
Median next door$125 2 co.$211 1 co.$3,781 2 co.$9.21 2 co.

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. Red Lake 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/red-lake-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.

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