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Roseau County, Minnesota

Roseau County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $71 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,551 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 120.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27135. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$71/ac

2026 county average
MN median $189 · tied for 15th lowest of 81

Land and buildings

$2,551/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · lowest of 84

Rent as % of land value

2.51%

$64 dry rent ÷ $2,551 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2021 median

120.2 bu/ac

12 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$8.80

2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 17th highest of 82

Farmland rented

39%

2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 30th lowest 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$71/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+39.6%nominal, $51 to $71

Pasture, 2026$21/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,551/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,188/ac

Census 2017$1,743/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+46.4%+7.9% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.51%$64 ÷ $2,551; cropland 78% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2021120.2 bu/ac12 published years

Lowest published year2021: 82.6 bu/ac69% of median

Trend, 2008–2021+0.8 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$8.80

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.56claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.72$234.0 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium10 of 33

Worst year1999ratio 3.70

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 66% · heat and drought 19% · freeze 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2021–202531 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.5 °F1991–2020 normal 55.6 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.35 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September17.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 91% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022none reported

Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland7,828 ac

Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland33,902 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland5,315 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202525,464 ac7% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20284,056 ac16% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$53/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Irrigation wells on record3Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)

Median well depth130 ft

Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202216,286+1.5% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202239%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Roseau County	$71	$2,551	—	$8.80
Beltrami County	$54	$3,063	—	$9.92
Kittson County	$90	$3,361	—	$5.38
Lake of the Woods County	$59	$2,618	—	$10.44
Marshall County	$114	$3,168	129.9	$8.98
Median next door	$74	$3,116	129.9 1 co.	$9.45

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. Roseau 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/roseau-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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