Farmland Atlas · county record

Renville County, North Dakota

Renville County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $65 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,334 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 107.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value moved 45.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 7.8 percent a year, reaching $2,334 per acre; cash rent is 2.27 percent of that value. No farm reported irrigated harvested cropland in the 2022 census, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$65/ac

2026 county average
ND median $65 · tied for 26th lowest of 53

Land and buildings

$2,334/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 18th highest of 53

Rent as % of land value

2.27%

$53 dry rent ÷ $2,334 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2010–2024 median

107.7 bu/ac

recent level 2020–2024: 105.3

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$16.49

2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 6th highest of 53

Farmland rented

65%

2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 4th 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$65/ac

Change 2014 to 2026+35.8%nominal, $48 to $65

Pasture, 2025$21/ac

Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.61$65 ÷ 105.3 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,334/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,617/ac

Census 2017$1,605/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+45.4%+7.8% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.27%$53 ÷ $2,334; cropland 95% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2010–2024107.7 bu/ac11 published years

Recent level, 2020–2024105.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2021: 81.5 bu/ac76% of median

Trend, 2010–2024+0.1 bu/ac a year±2.1 (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$16.49

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.91claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.14$451.6 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium14 of 34

Worst year2011ratio 4.00

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 62% · heat and drought 12% · hail 8%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, 2000–2025212 of 1,357 weeks16% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202591 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.5 °F1991–2020 normal 55.7 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September13.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 92% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022none reported

Drained by tile, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 202239% of cropland186,821 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,604 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,650 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20281,097 ac30% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$52/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 20221,891−52.5% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202265%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Renville County	$65	$2,334	—	$16.49
Bottineau County	$63	$2,086	104.0	$10.26
Burke County	$37	$1,445	—	$16.53
McHenry County	$57	$1,533	—	$10.70
Ward County	$60	$2,272	100.4	$11.37
Median next door	$58	$1,810	102.2 2 co.	$11.04

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. Renville 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/renville-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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