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Rolette County, North Dakota

Rolette County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $54 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,661 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 86.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Rolette County averages $54 per acre for 2026, up 25.6 percent from 2014. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 3 percent in 1989-1999, to 17 percent in 2000-2009, to 8 percent in 2010-2019, to 46 percent in 2020-2025. Excess moisture and flood remains the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025, at 49 percent. Wind operating capacity stands at 150 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$54/ac

2026 county average
ND median $65 · 18th lowest of 53

Land and buildings

$1,661/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 19th lowest of 53

Rent as % of land value

2.74%

$46 dry rent ÷ $1,661 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2009–2024 median

86.2 bu/ac

10 published years

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$13.81

2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · tied for 15th highest of 53

Farmland rented

48%

2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 11th lowest 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$54/ac

Change 2014 to 2026+25.6%nominal, $43 to $54

Pasture, 2026$22/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,661/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$1,124/ac

Census 2017$1,280/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+29.8%+5.3% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.74%$46 ÷ $1,661; cropland 73% 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, 2009–202486.2 bu/ac10 published years

Lowest published year2021: 48.8 bu/ac57% of median

Trend, 2009–2024−0.2 bu/ac a year±2.9 (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$13.81

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.78claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.85$215.9 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium12 of 30

Worst year1999ratio 3.68

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 49% · heat and drought 24% · freeze 9%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, 2000–2025152 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202149 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202562 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.5 °F1991–2020 normal 54.5 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.81 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September14.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 89% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 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, 2022under 1% of cropland408 ac

Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland29,840 ac

Cover crops, 20223% of cropland8,920 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20258,623 ac2.9% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20282,457 ac29% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$49/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, 202215,754−18.5% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202248%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Rolette County	$54	$1,661	—	$13.81
Bottineau County	$63	$2,086	104.0	$10.26
Pierce County	$65	$1,765	—	$13.97
Towner County	$64	$1,929	—	$12.93
Median next door	$64	$1,929	104.0 1 co.	$12.93

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. Rolette 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/rolette-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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