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Stark County, North Dakota

Stark County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,651 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 84.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land and buildings value stood at $1,651 per acre in 2022, up 24 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield's median 2008-2025 is 84.3 bushels per acre, with the worst year, 2008, at 37. Wind operating capacity is 300 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$48/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · 13th lowest of 53
Land and buildings
$1,651/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 18th lowest of 53
Rent as % of land value
2.54%
$42 dry rent ÷ $1,651 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
84.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 85.2
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.79
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 26th highest of 53
Farmland rented
51%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 18th lowest of 53

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$29$48 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$48/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+33.8%nominal, $36 to $48
Pasture, 2026$21/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.56$48 ÷ 85.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,651/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,358/ac
Census 2017$1,331/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.0%+4.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.54%$42 ÷ $1,651; cropland 67% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202437.0112.586.9median 84.3

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

Median, 2008–202584.3 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2021–202585.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 37.0 bu/ac44% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.2 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

199019952000200520102015202020251.213.690.691.00: 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$12.79
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.74claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.84$221.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 31
Worst year2008ratio 3.69
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 54% · excess moisture 18% · hail 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504319

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+ weeks200843 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202577 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.8 °F1991–2020 normal 55.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.33 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September12.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.1 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, 2022under 1% of cropland990 ac
Farmed no-till, 202262% of cropland300,785 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,342 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,17191,45720,312

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

CRP enrolled, 202520,312 ac4.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,495 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$38/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 300 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202237,782+13.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202251%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Stark County$48—$1,651$12.79
Billings County$37—$1,167$21.55
Dunn County$41—$1,516$13.00
Grant County$51—$1,382$16.67
Hettinger County$49—$1,611$10.99
Mercer County$54$170 2024$1,277$15.96
Morton County$56—$1,865$14.09
Slope County$47—$1,492$14.70
Median next door$49—$1,492$14.70

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. Stark 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/stark-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.