Steele County, Minnesota
Steele County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $258 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,183 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 188.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27147. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Steele County is $258 per acre for 2026, up 20.6 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $9,183 per acre, with land value up 48.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, 8.2 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 1.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 188.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 157.4 in 2013. Excess moisture and flood drove 49 percent of crop insurance indemnities across closed crop years 1989-2025, more than any other cause. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 98 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 31 weeks.
MN median $189 · tied for 14th highest of 81
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
MN median $6,372 · 5th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · tied for 11th highest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 18th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 39th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steele County | $258 | — | $9,183 | 188.2 | $4.09 |
| Dodge County | $277 | — | $8,615 | 195.4 | $3.31 |
| Freeborn County | $272 | $301 2023 | $7,698 | 182.9 | $3.53 |
| Mower County | $276 | $286 2025 | $8,240 | 194.1 | $4.25 |
| Rice County | $276 | $350 | $8,330 | 188.3 | $4.54 |
| Waseca County | $263 | — | $8,825 | 191.7 | $3.94 |
| Median next door | $276 | $350 1 co. | $8,330 | 191.7 | $3.94 |
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. Steele 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/steele-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.