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Traill County, North Dakota

Traill County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $161 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,725 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Traill County averages $161 per acre in 2026, up 42.5 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $3,725 per acre in 2022, up 20.8 percent from 2017, 3.8 percent a year. Crop insurance data show excess moisture and flood as the largest cause of loss over 1989-2025, at 57 percent of $426.7 million paid. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved from 1 percent in 1989-1999 to 7 percent in 2000-2009, 8 percent in 2010-2019, and 20 percent in 2020-2025. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 2.7 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 146.4 bushels per acre and a worst year of 108.1 in 2011. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed in the county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$161/ac
2026 county average
ND median $65 · 3rd highest of 53
Land and buildings
$3,725/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
ND median $1,885 · 4th highest of 53
Rent as % of land value
3.44%
$128 dry rent ÷ $3,725 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
146.4 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 164.1
ND median 129.7 · 6th highest of 24
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.49
2016–2025, closed crop years
ND median $12.77 · 6th lowest of 53
Farmland rented
62%
2022 census, rented from others
ND median 55% · 7th highest of 53

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$69$161 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$161/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+42.5%nominal, $113 to $161
Pasture, 2026$27/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.98$161 ÷ 164.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,725/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,901/ac
Census 2017$3,084/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+20.8%+3.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.44%$128 ÷ $3,725; cropland 97% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024135.0181.5median 146.4

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

Median, 2008–2025146.4 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025164.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 108.1 bu/ac74% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.7 bu/ac a year±1.7 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920243.600.321.00: 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$8.49
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.73claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.76$426.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium14 of 37
Worst year1989ratio 3.60
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 57% · freeze 14% · heat and drought 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250280

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, 2000–202575 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202128 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202530 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.2 °F1991–2020 normal 58.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.34 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September17.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.7 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, 202210% of cropland51,296 ac
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland17,832 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland44,791 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021013,90611,636

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

CRP enrolled, 202511,636 ac2.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,648 ac14% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$113/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20225,940+74.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202262%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Traill County$161—$3,725146.4$8.49
Norman County, MN$161—$4,636141.7$6.77
Polk County, MN$166$211$4,321—$6.47
Cass County$163—$4,110149.7$6.88
Grand Forks County$134$228 2024$3,568136.8$8.92
Steele County$99—$2,962143.8$8.31
Median next door$161$211 1 co.$4,110142.8$6.88

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. Traill 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/traill-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.