Redwood County, Minnesota
Redwood County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $251 an acre (2025); land and buildings $8,408 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 176.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27127. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Redwood County averages $251 per acre in 2025, up 13.1 percent from 2014. Census land value came in at $8,408 per acre in 2022, up 34.8 percent from 2017, or 6.1 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 0.7 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2024, with a median of 176 bushels per acre and a worst year of 149.1 in 2011. Crop insurance indemnities for 1989-2025 total $293.2 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 42 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 2 percent in 1989-1999 to 49 percent in 2000-2009, 17 percent in 2010-2019, and 47 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 is 0.81, above the 1989-2025 figure of 0.74.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
MN median $6,372 · 14th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · tied for 24th lowest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 40th highest of 82
MN median 47% · 11th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood County | $251 2025 | — | $8,408 | 176.0 | $5.08 |
| Brown County | $236 | $251 | $8,310 | 185.1 | $4.56 |
| Cottonwood County | $231 | — | $8,224 | 181.7 | $3.62 |
| Lyon County | $230 | — | $7,146 | 172.2 | $5.87 |
| Murray County | $246 | — | $8,581 | 183.0 | $5.26 |
| Renville County | $268 | — | $8,138 | 185.1 | $4.68 |
| Yellow Medicine County | $230 2025 | — | $7,062 | 174.0 | $4.93 |
| Median next door | $236 | $251 1 co. | $8,181 | 182.4 | $4.81 |
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. Redwood 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/redwood-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.