Mercer County, North Dakota
Mercer County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $54 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,277 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 93.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Mercer County averages $54 per acre in 2026, up 55.1 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $1,277 per acre in 2022, down 6.7 percent from 2017, so rent has moved against value in that stretch. Corn yields trended down 0.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2022, with a median of 93.9 bushels per acre and a low of 54.4 in 2021, the same year 52 weeks of severe drought or worse were recorded. Heat and drought drive 54 percent of the county's $116.5 million in crop insurance indemnities since 1989, with that share at 68 percent in 2000-2009 and 67 percent in 2020-2025. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
ND median $65 · 17th lowest of 53
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
ND median $1,885 · 3rd lowest of 53
ND median $12.77 · 8th highest of 53
ND median 55% · 21st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County | $54 | $170 2024 | $1,277 | — | $15.96 |
| Dunn County | $41 | — | $1,516 | — | $13.00 |
| McLean County | $73 | $226 2025 | $2,556 | 110.1 | $12.24 |
| Morton County | $56 | — | $1,865 | — | $14.09 |
| Oliver County | $49 | $139 2024 | $1,781 | — | $9.91 |
| Stark County | $48 | — | $1,651 | — | $12.79 |
| Median next door | $49 | — | $1,781 | 110.1 1 co. | $12.79 |
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. Mercer 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/mercer-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.