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Swift County, Minnesota

Swift County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $220 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,379 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 181.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27151. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$220/ac

2026 county average
MN median $189 · 33rd highest of 81

Cash rent, irrigated

$229/ac

2026 county average
MN median $229 · tied for 8th lowest of 17

Land and buildings

$6,379/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 42nd highest of 84

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

181.8 bu/ac

recent level 2021–2025: 187.9 · irrigated and dryland combined
MN median 180.7 · 30th highest of 64

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$4.81

2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 40th lowest of 82

Farmland rented

45%

2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 37th 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$220/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+24.3%nominal, $177 to $220

Irrigated, 2026$229/ac

Pasture, 2026$43/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$6,379/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$5,116/ac

Census 2017$5,043/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+26.5%+4.8% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— about 13% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2025181.8 bu/ac17 published years, irrigated and dryland combined

Recent level, 2021–2025187.9 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2011: 154.1 bu/ac85% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+1.6 bu/ac a year±1.3 (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$4.81

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.69claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.63$210.7 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium7 of 35

Worst year2014ratio 1.98

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 43% · heat and drought 20% · price decline (revenue policies) 17%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, 2000–202557 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201315 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202512 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.4 °F1991–2020 normal 60.5 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.36 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September20.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms

Drained by tile, 202252% of cropland177,780 ac

Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland18,220 ac

Cover crops, 20222% of cropland6,990 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202524,794 ac7.6% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20284,845 ac20% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$182/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Irrigation wells on record518Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)

Median well depth87 ft

Cattle and calves, 202231,135−0.7% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Swift County	$220	$229	$6,379	181.8	$4.81
Big Stone County	$184	—	$4,825	171.6	$6.34
Chippewa County	$212	—	$7,742	184.6	$5.77
Kandiyohi County	$275	$287	$7,432	185.5	$5.38
Lac qui Parle County	$215	$183 2025	$6,362	177.3	$4.10
Pope County	$177	$229	$5,298	176.4	$4.45
Stevens County	$189	$207	$6,446	179.8	$5.31
Median next door	$201	$229	$6,404	178.6	$5.35

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. Swift 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/swift-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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