Renville County, Minnesota
Renville County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $268 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,138 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 185.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27129. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Renville County averages $268 per acre for 2026, up 17.5 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings was $8,138 per acre in 2022, up 24.1 percent from 2017, 4.4 percent a year. Cash rent in 2022 stood at 3.04 percent of that census value. Corn yield trend runs at 2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 185.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 146.4 in 2011. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $370.0 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 50 percent. No cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census.
MN median $189 · 11th highest of 81
MN median $6,372 · 24th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · tied for 22nd highest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 36th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renville County | $268 | — | $8,138 | 185.1 | $4.68 |
| Brown County | $236 | $251 | $8,310 | 185.1 | $4.56 |
| Chippewa County | $212 | — | $7,742 | 184.6 | $5.77 |
| Kandiyohi County | $275 | $287 | $7,432 | 185.5 | $5.38 |
| McLeod County | $233 | — | $7,217 | 183.1 | $4.01 |
| Meeker County | $217 | $230 | $5,951 | 176.6 | $4.21 |
| Nicollet County | $275 | — | $8,617 | 192.1 | $2.87 |
| Redwood County | $251 2025 | — | $8,408 | 176.0 | $5.08 |
| Sibley County | $278 | — | $8,265 | 187.1 | $5.43 |
| Yellow Medicine County | $230 2025 | — | $7,062 | 174.0 | $4.93 |
| Median next door | $236 | $251 | $7,742 | 184.6 | $4.93 |
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. Renville 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/renville-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.