Wright County, Minnesota
Wright County, MN: non-irrigated cash rent $192 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,935 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 176.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 27171. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Wright County averages $192 per acre in 2026, up 28.9 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $178 per acre in 2025, and the irrigated multiple has moved with no clear direction since 2009. Corn yields trend up 2.1 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 176 bushels per acre and a low of 129.4 in 2014. Heat and drought account for 42 percent of the $114.9 million in indemnities paid across 1989-2025, closed crop years, with that share at 71 percent in 2000-2009 and 54 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 61.6 F over 2017-2026 against a 61 F normal, with no clear trend since 1976. Census land value stands at $7,935 per acre, up 23.2 percent from 2017 to 2022.
MN median $189 · 39th highest of 81
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
MN median $6,372 · 26th highest of 84
MN median 180.7 · tied for 24th lowest of 64
MN median $4.92 · tied for 37th lowest of 82
MN median 47% · 33rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright County | $192 | $178 2025 | $7,935 | 176.0 | $4.71 |
| Carver County | $252 | — | $8,140 | 185.9 | $3.69 |
| Hennepin County | $141 | — | $17,237 | 162.4 | $4.90 |
| McLeod County | $233 | — | $7,217 | 183.1 | $4.01 |
| Meeker County | $217 | $230 | $5,951 | 176.6 | $4.21 |
| Sherburne County | $66 | $235 | $7,181 | 163.1 | $5.24 |
| Stearns County | $191 | $273 | $5,605 | 171.1 | $6.10 |
| Median next door | $204 | $235 | $7,199 | 173.9 | $4.56 |
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. Wright 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/wright-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.