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Stutsman County, North Dakota

Stutsman County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $97 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,732 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 131.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 was $2,732 per acre, up 36.3 percent from 2017. Drought weeks were concentrated in 2021, with 34 weeks that year and 41 across 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$97/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · 13th highest of 53
Land and buildings
$2,732/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 13th highest of 53
Rent as % of land value
3.22%
$88 dry rent ÷ $2,732 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
131.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 147.4
ND median 129.7 · 11th highest of 24
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.29
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 19th highest of 53
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 27th lowest of 53

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$44$97 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$97/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.1%nominal, $77 to $97
Pasture, 2026$28/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.65$97 ÷ 147.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,732/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,746/ac
Census 2017$2,005/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.3%+6.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.22%$88 ÷ $2,732; cropland 77% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024116.0164.4median 131.5

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

Median, 2008–2025131.5 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025147.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 98.7 bu/ac75% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.2 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920242.212.740.721.00: 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$13.29
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.86claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.89$767.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium15 of 37
Worst year1999ratio 2.74
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 53% · heat and drought 19% · freeze 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250340

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, 2000–2025101 of 1,357 weeks7% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202134 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202541 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.0 °F1991–2020 normal 57.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.62 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September15.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.8 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, 2022under 1% of cropland2,976 ac
Farmed no-till, 202220% of cropland183,798 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland36,790 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021803183,98143,750

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

CRP enrolled, 202543,750 ac5.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202812,530 ac29% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$79/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 200 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202261,297−12.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Stutsman County$97—$2,732131.5$13.29
Barnes County$111$137 2024$2,861137.4$12.93
Foster County$91—$2,646—$14.22
Griggs County$80—$2,118137.7$12.09
Kidder County$58$194$1,884116.3$12.55
LaMoure County$122$232 2025$3,133—$13.03
Logan County$69$163 2025$1,837—$12.14
Wells County$81—$2,385130.5$11.56
Median next door$81$194 1 co.$2,385134.0$12.55

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. Stutsman 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/stutsman-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.