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Emmons County, North Dakota

Emmons County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $95 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,968 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 105.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Emmons County is $95 per acre in 2026, up 33.8 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $1,968 per acre, up 24.2 percent from 2017, and rent runs 4.14 percent of that value. July nights average 59.1 F now against a 57.8 F normal, with no clear direction in the longer trend. Wind operating is 200 MW; solar is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$95/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · 14th highest of 53
Land and buildings
$1,968/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 25th highest of 53
Rent as % of land value
4.14%
$82 dry rent ÷ $1,968 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
105.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 121.6
ND median 129.7 · 4th lowest of 24
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.63
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 26th lowest of 53
Farmland rented
60%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 13th highest of 53

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$34$95 dry

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$95/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+33.8%nominal, $71 to $95
Pasture, 2026$36/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.78$95 ÷ 121.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,968/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,178/ac
Census 2017$1,585/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.2%+4.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20224.14%$82 ÷ $1,968; cropland 57% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024104.0149.7139.8median 105.0

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

Median, 2008–2025105.0 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025121.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 74.9 bu/ac71% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.6 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920245.480.171.00: 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$12.63
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.74claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.70$321.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 37
Worst year1989ratio 5.48
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 62% · excess moisture 14% · hail 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250310

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, 2000–2025119 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202131 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202531 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.1 °F1991–2020 normal 57.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.30 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September14.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 202268% of cropland374,707 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland9,713 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202143975,55056,405

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

CRP enrolled, 202556,405 ac10.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028759 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$26/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 200 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202272,869+5.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202260%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Emmons County$95—$1,968105.0$12.63
Burleigh County$72—$1,99199.8$13.18
Kidder County$58$194$1,884116.3$12.55
Logan County$69$163 2025$1,837—$12.14
McIntosh County$78—$1,783—$12.88
Morton County$56—$1,865—$14.09
Sioux County$46—$1,367—$16.33
Campbell County, SD$80—$2,316112.4$9.66
Corson County, SD$51—$1,33886.0$13.21
Median next door$63$194 1 co.$1,851106.1$13.03

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Emmons 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/emmons-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.