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Deuel County, South Dakota

Deuel County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $181 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,470 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 172.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Deuel County is $181 per acre in 2026, up 20.7 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $5,470 per acre, up 58.6 percent from 2017, and rent is 3.16 percent of land value.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$181/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · 11th highest of 63
Land and buildings
$5,470/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 12th highest of 66
Rent as % of land value
3.16%
$173 dry rent ÷ $5,470 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
172.4 bu/ac
14 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.01
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 5th lowest of 65
Farmland rented
46%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 31st lowest of 66

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$83$181 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$181/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.7%nominal, $150 to $181
Pasture, 2026$60/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,470/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,951/ac
Census 2017$3,448/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+58.6%+9.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.16%$173 ÷ $5,470; cropland 73% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024143.0201.8182.3median 172.4

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

Median, 2008–2025172.4 bu/ac14 published years
Lowest published year2012: 114.0 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.5 bu/ac a year±2.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19941999200420092014201920240.631.930.201.00: 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$4.01
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.46claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.46$84.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 32
Worst year2019ratio 1.93
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 43% · heat and drought 20% · hail 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020255292

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, 2000–202579 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201229 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202515 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.2 °F1991–2020 normal 59.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.26 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202230% of cropland54,414 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland15,974 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland5,393 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202183345,17220,420

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

CRP enrolled, 202520,420 ac11.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,548 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$136/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 454 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202258,355−11.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202246%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Deuel County$181—$5,470—$4.01
Lac qui Parle County, MN$215$183 2025$6,362177.3$4.10
Lincoln County, MN$223—$6,365161.9$6.12
Yellow Medicine County, MN$230 2025—$7,062174.0$4.93
Brookings County$205$259$6,212170.4$3.62
Codington County$175—$4,311—$6.05
Grant County$155—$4,207159.6$5.41
Hamlin County$176—$5,101174.9$3.51
Median next door$191$259 1 co.$6,212172.2$4.93

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. Deuel 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/deuel-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.