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Sherburne County, Minnesota

Sherburne County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $66 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,181 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 163.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27141. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigation shapes this county. Non-irrigated rent rose 13.8 percent from 2016 to 2026. Heat and drought account for 53 percent of the $31.0 million in indemnities paid from 1989-2025, closed crop years, with the share at 64 percent in 2020-2025, compared to 37 percent in 2010-2019, 66 percent in 2000-2009, and 11 percent in 1989-1999. Census land value stands at $7,181 per acre, up 39.3 percent from 2017-2022. Wind development: not present.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$66/ac
2026 county average
MN median $189 · 14th lowest of 81
Cash rent, irrigated
$235/ac
2026 county average
MN median $229 · 7th highest of 17
Land and buildings
$7,181/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 34th highest of 84
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
163.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 171.4 · irrigated and dryland combined
MN median 180.7 · 17th lowest of 64
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.24
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 39th highest of 82
Farmland rented
38%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 26th lowest of 84

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$38$66 dry$110$235 irrigated

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$66/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+13.8%nominal, $58 to $66
Irrigated, 2026$235/ac
Pasture, 2026$37/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,181/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,301/ac
Census 2017$5,155/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+39.3%+6.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 66% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024167.0179.9174.1median 163.1

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

Median, 2008–2025163.1 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025171.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2015: 117.8 bu/ac72% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.8 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720221.451.820.401.00: 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$5.24
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.62claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.74$31.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 19
Worst year2013ratio 1.82
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 53% · excess moisture 26% · other 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250180

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, 2000–202571 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201318 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202524 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.3 °F1991–2020 normal 60.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202266%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland847 ac
Farmed no-till, 202211% of cropland6,883 ac
Cover crops, 202220% of cropland12,946 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021791,861738

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

CRP enrolled, 2025738 ac1.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202890 ac12% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$51/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record743Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth80 ft
Solar and wind operating, 2025525.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202211,468+27.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202238%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Sherburne County$66$235$7,181163.1$5.24
Anoka County$71—$9,535137.2$11.23
Benton County$128—$5,147154.3$10.19
Hennepin County$141—$17,237162.4$4.90
Isanti County$60—$5,934145.7$9.31
Mille Lacs County$81—$3,934148.5$9.33
Stearns County$191$273$5,605171.1$6.10
Wright County$192$178 2025$7,935176.0$4.71
Median next door$128$273 1 co.$5,934154.3$9.31

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. Sherburne 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/sherburne-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.