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Griggs County, North Dakota

Griggs County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $80 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,118 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 137.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Griggs County averages $80 per acre in 2026, up 23.1 percent from 2016. Corn yield trend runs 2.3 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 137.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 103 in 2009. July nightly lows have warmed from a 56.9 F normal to 58.6 F over 2017-2026. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$80/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · 18th highest of 53
Land and buildings
$2,118/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 20th highest of 53
Rent as % of land value
3.66%
$78 dry rent ÷ $2,118 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
137.7 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 149.1
ND median 129.7 · 8th highest of 24
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.09
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 20th lowest of 53
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 22nd lowest of 53

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$45$80 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$80/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+23.1%nominal, $65 to $80
Pasture, 2026$27/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.54$80 ÷ 149.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,118/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,824/ac
Census 2017$1,777/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.2%+3.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.66%$78 ÷ $2,118; cropland 78% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024122.0163.3155.7median 137.7

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

Median, 2008–2025137.7 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025149.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 103.0 bu/ac75% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.3 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020252.810.591.00: 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$12.09
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.89claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.83$197.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 31
Worst year1995ratio 2.81
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 54% · heat and drought 15% · freeze 11%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, 2000–202590 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202131 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202542 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.6 °F1991–2020 normal 56.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.75 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September16.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 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, 202213% of cropland37,801 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland13,722 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202126685,92529,367

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

CRP enrolled, 202529,367 ac11.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20287,152 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$73/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202213,991−21.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Griggs County$80—$2,118137.7$12.09
Barnes County$111$137 2024$2,861137.4$12.93
Eddy County$73—$2,088125.3$13.81
Foster County$91—$2,646—$14.22
Nelson County$68—$2,048118.7$11.45
Steele County$99—$2,962143.8$8.31
Stutsman County$97—$2,732131.5$13.29
Median next door$94—$2,689131.5$13.11

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. Griggs 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/griggs-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.
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"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.