Wadena County, Minnesota
Wadena County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $39 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,230 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 143.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27159. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wadena County averages $39 per acre in 2026, up 21.9 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $215 per acre, and 89 percent of irrigation water comes from groundwater. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $22.3 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 59 percent; that share was 14 percent in 1989-1999, 54 percent in 2000-2009, 42 percent in 2010-2019, and 80 percent in 2020-2025. The county saw 58 weeks in severe drought or worse in 2021-2025, against 132 of 1357 weeks for 2000-2025 overall. Corn yield trend is 2.5 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 143.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 111.1 in 2013.
MN median $189 · tied for 6th lowest of 81
MN median $229 · 4th lowest of 17
MN median $6,372 · 12th lowest of 84
MN median 180.7 · 5th lowest of 64
MN median $4.92 · 31st highest of 82
MN median 47% · 14th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadena County | $39 | $215 | $3,230 | 143.6 | $5.65 |
| Becker County | $127 | — | $3,413 | — | $4.79 |
| Cass County | $30 | — | $3,049 | — | $9.05 |
| Hubbard County | $24 | $220 | $3,671 | — | $3.38 |
| Otter Tail County | $124 | $217 | $3,840 | 160.1 | $4.57 |
| Todd County | $110 | — | $3,654 | 146.9 | $6.98 |
| Median next door | $110 | $219 2 co. | $3,654 | 153.5 2 co. | $4.79 |
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. Wadena 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/wadena-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.