County farm facts

Eddy County, North Dakota

Eddy County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $73 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,088 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 143.7 bu/ac. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38027. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

$73

Non-irrigated cash rent, 2026: the highest of 17 surveys since 2008; up 45% from $51 in 2016.

USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, 2026

158.6 bu

Corn yield, all practices, 2025: the highest of 17 published years since 2008.

USDA NASS county yields, 2025

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Eddy County runs $73 an acre for 2026, up 44.6% from $51 in 2016 and 20th highest of 53 against a state median of $65. The census value of land and buildings came in at $2,088 an acre in 2022, up 43.5% from $1,455 in 2017. Corn trends at 143.7 bu for 2026, 8th highest of 28, with last year at 158.6 bu.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$73/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · 20th highest of 53
Land and buildings
$2,088/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · ND farm real estate 2026: $2,450 (land and buildings, state survey)
ND median $1,885 · 21st highest of 53
Rent as % of land value
2.92%
$61 dry rent ÷ $2,088 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
143.7 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 158.6 · 2021-25 average 142.2 (all practices)
ND median 117.8 · 8th highest of 28
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.81
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · tied for 15th highest of 53
Farmland rented
43%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 5th lowest of 53
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Feeder cattle futures
Hay, North Dakota price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

North Dakota cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Eddy County: New Rockford (1 mi), Sheyenne (10 mi), Carrington (18 mi).

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in North Dakota, county by county

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020250410

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, 2000–202565 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202141 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202543 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.8 °F1991–2020 normal 57.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.68 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September, usual15.0 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 13.8 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeMay 12, Oct 4middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days143middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September2,194middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 2,249

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024100.0158.6median 125.3

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

14-yr trend (projected 2026)143.7 bu/acall practices county yields, 13 years, R² 0.17; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield158.6 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average142.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2025125.3 bu/ac17 published years
Lowest published year2021: 77.2 bu/ac62% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.4 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$33$73 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published North Dakota county rate, side by side: North Dakota cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$73/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+44.6%nominal, $51 to $73
Pasture, 2026$26/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.51$73 ÷ 143.7 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 202511.1%$67 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (158.6 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $3.80 North Dakota price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,088/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,338/ac
Census 2017$1,455/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+43.5%+7.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.92%$61 ÷ $2,088; cropland 70% of land in farms
North Dakota cropland, 2026 state survey$2,800/ac+3.3% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
North Dakota farm real estate, 2026$2,450/acland and buildings, state average
North Dakota pasture, 2026$1,200/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the North Dakota average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Land values, state survey of farmers, 2026 (not recorded sales): cropland $2,396 an acre, rent $67.40 (20 reports); pasture $1,500 an acre, rent $27.30 (17 reports); tame hay $1,678 an acre, rent $29.80 (13 reports). The price of rented land as farmers reported it for their area. Under 15 reports, the survey says to use a figure with care. North Dakota Department of Trust Lands, 2026 County Rents and Prices, North Dakota.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Eddy County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Eddy County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

1997200220072012201720221.152.500.431.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1997 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$13.81
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.86claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.82$138.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 28crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Worst year2021ratio 2.50, of the 28 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 54% · heat and drought 28% · freeze 6%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

198619911996200120062011201620212,81372,84812,252

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,252 ac5.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–2029772 ac6% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$62/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 202217% of cropland46,035 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland12,878 ac
Cattle and calves, 202227,130−7.4% since 2017
Beef cows, 202215,056head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202243%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Eddy County$73$2,088125.3$13.81
Benson County$69$1,514115.2$10.35
Foster County$91$2,646n/a$14.23
Griggs County$80$2,118137.7$12.09
Nelson County$68$2,048118.7$11.45
Wells County$81$2,385130.5$11.56
Median next door$80$2,118124.6$11.56

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Eddy County, North Dakota. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/north-dakota/eddy-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).