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Edmunds County, South Dakota

Edmunds County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $112 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,025 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 132.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Edmunds County stands at $112 per acre for 2026, up 18.5 percent from 2016. Land value in the 2022 census was $3,025 per acre, up 23 percent from 2017, and rent takes 3.27 percent of that value. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, and no solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$112/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · tied for 31st lowest of 63
Land and buildings
$3,025/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 33rd lowest of 66
Rent as % of land value
3.27%
$99 dry rent ÷ $3,025 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
132.2 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 143.1
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.47
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 25th highest of 65
Farmland rented
56%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 6th highest of 66

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$50$112 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$112/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+18.5%nominal, $95 to $112
Pasture, 2026$44/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.78$112 ÷ 143.1 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,025/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,192/ac
Census 2017$2,460/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+23.0%+4.2% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.27%$99 ÷ $3,025; cropland 77% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024132.0158.3median 132.2

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

Median, 2008–2024132.2 bu/ac14 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024143.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 90.2 bu/ac68% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+1.1 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920241.114.120.081.00: 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$12.47
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.76claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.76$380.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 33
Worst year2006ratio 4.12
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 45% · excess moisture 41% · hail 6%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250319

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, 2000–2025131 of 1,357 weeks10% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202131 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202540 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.2 °F1991–2020 normal 58.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September15.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.4 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, 2022under 1% of cropland1,220 ac
Farmed no-till, 202266% of cropland364,602 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland4,006 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213774,67234,384

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

CRP enrolled, 202534,384 ac6.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20287,032 ac21% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$88/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202243,510−18.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202256%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Edmunds County$112—$3,025—$12.47
Brown County$166$200$4,295154.7$11.29
Faulk County$112—$3,320—$10.39
McPherson County$100—$2,389117.0$11.51
Potter County$111—$2,861121.3$10.24
Walworth County$105—$2,513—$7.13
Median next door$111$200 1 co.$2,861121.3$10.39

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. Edmunds 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/edmunds-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.