Barnes County, North Dakota
Barnes County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $111 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,861 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 137.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Barnes County averages $111 per acre for 2026, up 28.3 percent from 2016. Land value per the 2022 census stands at $2,861 per acre, with a 23.8 percent change from 2017 to 2022, or 4.4 percent a year. Water is the bigger risk here: excess moisture and flood account for 64 percent of the $615.3 million paid out in indemnities across 1989-2025, while heat and drought stayed under 15 percent in every decade listed. Drought weeks were rare overall, 80 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, but 2021 alone brought 27 weeks, and 2021-2025 totals 38 weeks. Wind operates at 258.9 MW; solar operating and proposed wind and solar are all 0 MW.
ND median $65 · 11th highest of 53
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
ND median $1,885 · 11th highest of 53
ND median 129.7 · 9th highest of 24
ND median $12.77 · tied for 23rd highest of 53
ND median 55% · 19th highest of 53
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes County | $111 | $137 2024 | $2,861 | 137.4 | $12.93 |
| Cass County | $163 | — | $4,110 | 149.7 | $6.88 |
| Griggs County | $80 | — | $2,118 | 137.7 | $12.09 |
| LaMoure County | $122 | $232 2025 | $3,133 | — | $13.03 |
| Ransom County | $118 | $198 | $2,811 | 163.4 | $10.01 |
| Steele County | $99 | — | $2,962 | 143.8 | $8.31 |
| Stutsman County | $97 | — | $2,732 | 131.5 | $13.29 |
| Median next door | $109 | $198 1 co. | $2,887 | 143.8 | $11.05 |
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. Barnes County, North Dakota. 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/north-dakota/barnes-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.