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Grant County, North Dakota

Grant County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $51 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,382 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 79.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$51/ac

2026 county average
ND median $65 · 16th lowest of 53

Land and buildings

$1,382/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 8th lowest of 53

Dry rent per bushel of corn

$0.55

$51 ÷ 91.5 bu, recent yield 2021–2025

Corn yield, 2008–2025 median

79.6 bu/ac

recent level 2021–2025: 91.5

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$16.67

2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 4th highest of 53

Farmland rented

56%

2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 25th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$51/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+40.3%nominal, $36 to $51

Pasture, 2026$27/ac

Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.55$51 ÷ 91.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,382/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$922/ac

Census 2017$1,071/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+29.0%+5.2% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 43% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–202579.6 bu/ac11 published years

Recent level, 2021–202591.5 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2017: 44.8 bu/ac56% of median

Trend, 2008–2025+1.1 bu/ac a year±3.1 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$16.67

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.79claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.79$186.8 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium9 of 34

Worst year2002ratio 4.63

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 60% · excess moisture 15% · hail 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–2025173 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202133 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202533 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.3 °F1991–2020 normal 56.4 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.23 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September13.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%

Farmed no-till, 202238% of cropland172,662 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland5,585 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202526,309 ac6.3% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20281,567 ac6% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$28/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 202282,360+24.9% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Grant County	$51	$1,382	$16.67
Adams County	$45	$1,552	$14.76
Hettinger County	$49	$1,611	$10.99
Morton County	$56	$1,865	$14.09
Sioux County	$46	$1,367	$16.33
Stark County	$48	$1,651	$12.79
Median next door	$48	$1,611	$14.09

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. Grant 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/grant-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.

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