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Haakon County, South Dakota

Haakon County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $54 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,313 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 75.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Haakon County runs $54 per acre, up 18.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $1,313 per acre, up 42.3 percent from 2017 to 2022. Heat and drought has driven a rising share of crop insurance indemnities: 6 percent in 1989-1999, 50 percent in 2000-2009, 56 percent in 2010-2019, and 77 percent in 2020-2025, within a total of $136.0 million paid out over 1989-2025. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 0.5 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 75.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 34.2 in 2012. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW, with none proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$54/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · 17th lowest of 63
Land and buildings
$1,313/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 11th lowest of 66
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.68
$54 ÷ 78.6 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
75.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 78.6
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$18.50
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 10th highest of 65
Farmland rented
34%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 11th lowest of 66

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$27$54 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$54/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+18.9%nominal, $45 to $54
Pasture, 2026$20/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.68$54 ÷ 78.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,313/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$601/ac
Census 2017$923/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+42.3%+7.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 33% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202476.087.065.276.634.272.995.760.951.682.974.3105.9median 75.2

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

Median, 2008–202575.2 bu/ac12 published years
Recent level, 2021–202578.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 34.2 bu/ac46% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+0.5 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1997200220072012201720221.973.010.461.00: 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$18.50
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.81claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.85$136.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 29
Worst year2002ratio 3.01
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 58% · freeze 15% · excess moisture 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250402

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, 2000–2025285 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200340 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202549 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.9 °F1991–2020 normal 60.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.26 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September13.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.8 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, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202250% of cropland186,992 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland1,940 ac
198619911996200120062011201620214,108207,672

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

CRP enrolled, 2025207,672 ac47.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20286,665 ac3% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$16/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202263,364−30.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Haakon County$54$1,313$18.50
Jackson County$40$1,148$23.17
Jones County$36$1,596$14.61
Meade County$31$1,388$20.45
Pennington County$37$1,513$17.76
Stanley County$49$1,135$19.48
Ziebach County$46 2025$1,145$20.01
Median next door$37$1,268$19.75

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. Haakon 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/haakon-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.
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"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.