Stearns County, Minnesota
Stearns County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $191 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,605 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 171.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27145. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Stearns County stands at $191 per acre in 2026, up 31.7 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $273 per acre, a multiple of 1.43 over non-irrigated, down from 1.57 in 2009. Corn yields trend up 2.1 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 171.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 133.5 in 2013. Heat and drought drove 63 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share was 79 percent in 2000-2009 and 81 percent in 2020-2025, though it was lower in 1989-1999 and 2010-2019. Land value per the 2022 census sits at $5,605 per acre, up 1.7 percent a year from 2017 to 2022.
MN median $189 · 40th highest of 81
MN median $229 · 5th highest of 17
MN median $6,372 · 37th lowest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 19th lowest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 28th highest of 82
MN median 47% · 18th 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stearns County | $191 | $273 | $5,605 | 171.1 | $6.10 |
| Benton County | $128 | — | $5,147 | 154.3 | $10.19 |
| Douglas County | $162 | — | $4,553 | — | $4.37 |
| Kandiyohi County | $275 | $287 | $7,432 | 185.5 | $5.38 |
| Meeker County | $217 | $230 | $5,951 | 176.6 | $4.21 |
| Morrison County | $94 | — | $3,889 | 154.1 | $10.61 |
| Pope County | $177 | $229 | $5,298 | 176.4 | $4.45 |
| Sherburne County | $66 | $235 | $7,181 | 163.1 | $5.24 |
| Todd County | $110 | — | $3,654 | 146.9 | $6.98 |
| Wright County | $192 | $178 2025 | $7,935 | 176.0 | $4.71 |
| Median next door | $162 | $233 | $5,298 | 169.6 | $5.24 |
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. Stearns 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/stearns-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.