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Logan County, North Dakota

Logan County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $69 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,837 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 98.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38047. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 was $1,837 per acre, up 54.2 percent from 2017, 9.1 percent a year. Rent takes 3.48 percent of land value. Irrigation covers 0 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$69/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · tied for 23rd highest of 53
Cash rent, irrigated
$163/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$1,837/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 24th lowest of 53
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
98.7 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 122.0
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.14
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · tied for 21st lowest of 53
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 26th lowest of 53

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$33$69 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$69/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+17.1%nominal, $59 to $69
Irrigated, 2025$163/ac
Pasture, 2026$34/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.56$69 ÷ 122.0 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,837/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,022/ac
Census 2017$1,191/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+54.2%+9.1% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.48%$64 ÷ $1,837; cropland 57% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202490.089.096.298.778.7130.5116.796.6110.0139.3146.8median 98.7

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

Median, 2008–202498.7 bu/ac11 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024122.0 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 78.7 bu/ac80% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+2.7 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.704.710.291.00: 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$12.14
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.70claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.79$176.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 29
Worst year2002ratio 4.71
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 60% · excess moisture 19% · hail 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250320

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, 2000–202598 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202132 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202539 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.5 °F1991–2020 normal 56.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.45 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September15.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202265% of cropland179,623 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,996 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021071,69812,820

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,820 ac5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028713 ac6% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$41/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202260,537−21.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Logan County$69$163 2025$1,837—$12.14
Emmons County$95—$1,968105.0$12.63
Kidder County$58$194$1,884116.3$12.55
LaMoure County$122$232 2025$3,133—$13.03
McIntosh County$78—$1,783—$12.88
Stutsman County$97—$2,732131.5$13.29
Median next door$95$194 1 co.$1,968116.3$12.88

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. Logan 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/logan-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.