Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Grand Forks County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $134 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,568 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 136.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Grand Forks County stands at $134 per acre for 2026, up 46.4 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 was $3,568 per acre, with rent at 2.83 percent of that value. Severe drought or worse covered the county for 28 weeks between 2021-2025, the worst stretch in the 2000-2025 record.
ND median $65 · 6th highest of 53
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
ND median $1,885 · 5th highest of 53
ND median 129.7 · 10th highest of 24
ND median $12.77 · 7th lowest of 53
ND median 55% · 8th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks County | $134 | $228 2024 | $3,568 | 136.8 | $8.92 |
| Marshall County, MN | $114 | — | $3,168 | 129.9 | $8.98 |
| Polk County, MN | $166 | $211 | $4,321 | — | $6.47 |
| Nelson County | $68 | — | $2,048 | 118.7 | $11.45 |
| Steele County | $99 | — | $2,962 | 143.8 | $8.31 |
| Traill County | $161 | — | $3,725 | 146.4 | $8.49 |
| Walsh County | $136 | $218 | $3,221 | 128.9 | $8.28 |
| Median next door | $125 | $215 2 co. | $3,195 | 129.9 | $8.40 |
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. Grand Forks 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/grand-forks-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.