Walsh County, North Dakota
Walsh County, ND: non-irrigated cash rent $136 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,221 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 128.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 38099. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Walsh County runs $136 per acre, up 54.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated rent stands at $218 per acre, though irrigation covers 0 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census. Corn yields have trended up 2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 128.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 93.5 in 2021. Crop insurance history favors excess moisture and flood, 58 percent of $517.7 million in indemnities, but the heat and drought share has climbed across the periods listed: 3 percent in 1989-1999, 11 percent in 2000-2009, 11 percent in 2010-2019, and 48 percent in 2020-2025. Solar and wind capacity, operating and proposed, are 0 MW.
ND median $65 · 4th highest of 53
ND median $194 · highest of 7
ND median $1,885 · 8th highest of 53
ND median 129.7 · 12th lowest of 24
ND median $12.77 · 4th lowest of 53
ND median 55% · 24th 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.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh County | $136 | $218 | $3,221 | 128.9 | $8.28 |
| Marshall County, MN | $114 | — | $3,168 | 129.9 | $8.98 |
| Cavalier County | $84 | — | $2,507 | — | $12.14 |
| Grand Forks County | $134 | $228 2024 | $3,568 | 136.8 | $8.92 |
| Nelson County | $68 | — | $2,048 | 118.7 | $11.45 |
| Pembina County | $131 | — | $3,915 | 127.2 | $7.26 |
| Ramsey County | $66 | — | $1,885 | 114.0 | $14.56 |
| Median next door | $99 | — | $2,838 | 127.2 | $10.22 |
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. Walsh 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/walsh-countyEvery 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.