Brown County, South Dakota
Brown County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $166 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,295 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 154.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Brown County runs $166 per acre in 2026, up 20.3 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents higher at $200 per acre, though only 0 percent of harvested cropland here is irrigated. Corn yield has trended up 1.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 154.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 130.5 in 2013. Crop insurance history is dominated by excess moisture and flood, at 69 percent of $870.0 million in indemnities across 1989-2025, while heat and drought's share has moved 3 percent, 15 percent, 17 percent, 11 percent across the four listed periods. Census land value sits at $4,295 per acre, up 27.8 percent from 2017 to 2022.
SD median $112 · 17th highest of 63
SD median $259 · 3rd lowest of 13
SD median $3,173 · 22nd highest of 66
SD median 151.5 · 15th highest of 33
SD median $11.31 · 32nd lowest of 65
SD median 46% · 28th lowest of 66
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County | $166 | $200 | $4,295 | 154.7 | $11.29 |
| Dickey County, ND | $121 | $199 | $3,238 | 146.7 | $13.58 |
| Sargent County, ND | $135 | $177 | $3,454 | 152.4 | $9.91 |
| Day County | $159 | — | $3,549 | — | $8.43 |
| Edmunds County | $112 | — | $3,025 | — | $12.47 |
| Faulk County | $112 | — | $3,320 | — | $10.39 |
| Marshall County | $153 | — | $3,787 | 157.5 | $12.83 |
| McPherson County | $100 | — | $2,389 | 117.0 | $11.51 |
| Spink County | $139 | $179 2025 | $4,245 | 155.8 | $7.29 |
| Median next door | $128 | $188 2 co. | $3,387 | 152.4 | $10.95 |
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. Brown County, South 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/south-dakota/brown-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.