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Davison County, South Dakota

Davison County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $153 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,642 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 138.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46035. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Davison County is $153 per acre in 2026, up 16.8 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $4,642 per acre, up 36.6 percent from 2017, 6.4 percent a year. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 113 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 67 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. Solar and wind capacity are not present in this county.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$153/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · tied for 23rd highest of 63
Cash rent, irrigated
$191/ac
2017 county average
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,642/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 18th highest of 66
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
138.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 163.3
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 21st lowest of 65
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 26th highest of 66

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$77$153 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$153/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+16.8%nominal, $131 to $153
Irrigated, 2017$191/ac
Pasture, 2026$64/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.94$153 ÷ 163.3 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,642/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,393/ac
Census 2017$3,398/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.6%+6.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.3%$153 ÷ $4,642; cropland 82% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024110.0139.0137.6116.2144.9131.6127.2164.7111.6158.6167.9174.1median 138.3

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

Median, 2008–2025138.3 bu/ac12 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025163.3 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 110.0 bu/ac80% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.2 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.323.740.051.00: 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$9.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.63claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.79$169.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 30
Worst year2002ratio 3.74
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · excess moisture 34% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202502313

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, 2000–2025113 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201223 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202567 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.4 °F1991–2020 normal 61.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.08 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September18.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 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, 20228% of cropland13,978 ac
Farmed no-till, 202236% of cropland66,814 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland2,161 ac
198619911996200120062011201620217210,900

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

CRP enrolled, 202510,900 ac6.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20282,155 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$143/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202216,720−31.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Davison County$153$4,642—$9.77
Aurora County$139$3,731124.6$11.31
Douglas County$143$4,554141.3$9.93
Hanson County$184$5,155148.0$9.72
Hutchinson County$165$5,615151.2$14.81
Sanborn County$138$3,808—$14.04
Median next door$143$4,554144.7$11.31

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. Davison 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/davison-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.