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McIntosh County, North Dakota

McIntosh County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $78 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,783 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 110.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in McIntosh County is $78 per acre in 2026, up 23.8 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 was $1,783 per acre, up 30.7 percent from 2017, 5.5 percent a year. July nightly lows have warmed from 57.1 F to 58.8 F. Wind power operates at 150 MW, with 250 MW more proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$78/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · 19th highest of 53
Land and buildings
$1,783/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 23rd lowest of 53
Rent as % of land value
3.65%
$65 dry rent ÷ $1,783 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
110.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 127.1
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.88
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 25th highest of 53
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 23rd lowest of 53

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$31$78 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$78/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+23.8%nominal, $63 to $78
Pasture, 2026$35/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.61$78 ÷ 127.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,783/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,176/ac
Census 2017$1,364/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+30.7%+5.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.65%$65 ÷ $1,783; cropland 64% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024110.0154.7median 110.0

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

Median, 2008–2025110.0 bu/ac13 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025127.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 47.7 bu/ac43% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.6 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

199019952000200520102015202020251.053.450.181.00: 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$12.88
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.72claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.75$210.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 32
Worst year2002ratio 3.45
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 54% · excess moisture 23% · hail 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250300

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, 2000–202592 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202130 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202537 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.8 °F1991–2020 normal 57.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.56 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September15.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% 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
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202262% of cropland182,638 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,670 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202144164,65312,515

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,515 ac4.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202845 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$28/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 150 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202245,187−15.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
McIntosh County$78—$1,783—$12.88
Dickey County$121$199$3,238146.7$13.58
Emmons County$95—$1,968105.0$12.63
LaMoure County$122$232 2025$3,133—$13.03
Logan County$69$163 2025$1,837—$12.14
Campbell County, SD$80—$2,316112.4$9.66
McPherson County, SD$100—$2,389117.0$11.51
Median next door$97$199 1 co.$2,353114.7$12.39

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. McIntosh 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/mcintosh-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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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.