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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$251/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$8,408/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 14th highest of 84
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
176.0 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 179.2
MN median 180.7 · tied for 24th lowest of 64
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.08
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 40th highest of 82
Farmland rented
61%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 11th highest of 84

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$138$251 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, 2025$251/ac
Change 2014 to 2025+13.1%nominal, $222 to $251
Pasture, 2023$47/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,408/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,325/ac
Census 2017$6,239/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.8%+6.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024171.0202.8170.0median 176.0

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

Median, 2008–2024176.0 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024179.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 149.1 bu/ac85% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+0.7 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920240.138.510.051.00: 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$5.08
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.81claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.74$293.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 37
Worst year1993ratio 8.51
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 42% · heat and drought 28% · price decline (revenue policies) 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020251360

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, 2000–2025110 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201236 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202533 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.5 °F1991–2020 normal 61.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.26 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202273% of cropland392,433 ac
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland40,017 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland12,263 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,20117,88017,013

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

CRP enrolled, 202517,013 ac3.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,423 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$247/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record15Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth72 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202511.4 MW solar · 3.4 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202249,053+5.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202261%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Redwood County$251 2025—$8,408176.0$5.08
Brown County$236$251$8,310185.1$4.56
Cottonwood County$231—$8,224181.7$3.62
Lyon County$230—$7,146172.2$5.87
Murray County$246—$8,581183.0$5.26
Renville County$268—$8,138185.1$4.68
Yellow Medicine County$230 2025—$7,062174.0$4.93
Median next door$236$251 1 co.$8,181182.4$4.81

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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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-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.