Hamlin County, South Dakota
Hamlin County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $176 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,101 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 174.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hamlin County averages $176 per acre for 2026, up 3.5 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings in 2022 was $5,101 per acre, with rent equal to 3.51 percent of that figure. Land value rose 29.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.4 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 2.2 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 174.9 bushels per acre and a worst year of 139.7 in 2010. Crop insurance losses over 1989-2025 total $92.6 million, and excess moisture and flood account for 53 percent of that, the largest single cause. Drought has been limited: only 3 of 1357 weeks in 2021-2025 saw severe drought or worse.
SD median $112 · 14th highest of 63
too few 2012 county surveys in the state to compare
SD median $3,173 · 14th highest of 66
SD median 151.5 · 3rd highest of 33
SD median $11.31 · 2nd lowest of 65
SD median 46% · 30th highest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamlin County | $176 | — | $5,101 | 174.9 | $3.51 |
| Brookings County | $205 | $259 | $6,212 | 170.4 | $3.62 |
| Clark County | $170 | $256 2023 | $4,741 | 161.4 | $6.21 |
| Codington County | $175 | — | $4,311 | — | $6.05 |
| Deuel County | $181 | — | $5,470 | — | $4.01 |
| Kingsbury County | $158 | — | $5,005 | — | $6.49 |
| Median next door | $175 | $259 1 co. | $5,005 | 165.9 2 co. | $6.05 |
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. Hamlin 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/hamlin-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.