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Todd County, Minnesota

Todd County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $110 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,654 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27153. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Todd County averages $110 per acre for 2026, up 73.2 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $3,654 per acre in 2022, with land value up 33.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.9 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 2.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2024, with a median of 146.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 94.5 in 2013. Heat and drought drove 48 percent of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025, and that share ran 13 percent in 1989-1999, 70 percent in 2000-2009, 29 percent in 2010-2019, and 61 percent in 2020-2025. Solar and wind capacity are not present in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$110/ac
2026 county average
MN median $189 · 24th lowest of 81
Cash rent, irrigated
$181/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,654/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
MN median $6,372 · 19th lowest of 84
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
146.9 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 152.2
MN median 180.7 · 8th lowest of 64
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.98
2016–2025, closed crop years
MN median $4.92 · 22nd highest of 82
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
MN median 47% · 10th lowest of 84

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$44$110 dry$140$181 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$110/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+73.2%nominal, $64 to $110
Irrigated, 2022$181/ac
Pasture, 2024$17/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.72$110 ÷ 152.2 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,654/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,364/ac
Census 2017$2,745/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+33.1%+5.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.41%$88 ÷ $3,654; cropland 62% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024120.0167.5146.9median 146.9

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

Median, 2008–2024146.9 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024152.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2013: 94.5 bu/ac64% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+2.2 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.422.200.331.00: 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$6.98
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.52claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.70$102.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 27
Worst year2013ratio 2.20
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 48% · excess moisture 31% · freeze 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250210

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, 2000–202575 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202321 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202532 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.5 °F1991–2020 normal 58.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.24 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September21.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% 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, 202210%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland11,834 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland17,334 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland6,243 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202115516,91510,072

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,072 ac5.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,597 ac36% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$94/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record273Minnesota County Well Index (MDH and Minnesota Geological Survey)
Median well depth65 ft
Cattle and calves, 202250,660−9.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Todd County$110—$3,654146.9$6.98
Cass County$30—$3,049—$9.05
Douglas County$162—$4,553—$4.37
Morrison County$94—$3,889154.1$10.61
Otter Tail County$124$217$3,840160.1$4.57
Stearns County$191$273$5,605171.1$6.10
Wadena County$39$215$3,230143.6$5.65
Median next door$109$217$3,865157.1$5.88

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. Todd 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/todd-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.