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Hutchinson County, South Dakota

Hutchinson County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $165 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,615 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 151.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Hutchinson County averages $165 per acre in 2026, up 7.1 percent from 2016. Census land value stood at $5,615 per acre in 2022, up 24.9 percent from 2017. Corn yields carry a fitted trend of 1.4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 151.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 30 in 2012. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 19 percent, 46 percent, 55 percent, 75 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Drought weeks ran higher in 2021-2025, at 81, against 143 weeks total for 2000-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$165/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · 18th highest of 63
Cash rent, irrigated
$209/ac
2020 county average
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,615/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 10th highest of 66
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
151.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 137.4
SD median 151.5 · 16th lowest of 33
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.81
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 15th highest of 65
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 27th highest of 66

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$82$165 dry$103$209 irrigated

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$165/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+7.1%nominal, $154 to $165
Irrigated, 2020$209/ac
Pasture, 2026$61/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$1.20$165 ÷ 137.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,615/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,287/ac
Census 2017$4,495/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.9%+4.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.78%$156 ÷ $5,615; cropland 84% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024122.0176.0median 151.2

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

Median, 2008–2025151.2 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025137.4 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 30.0 bu/ac20% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.4 bu/ac a year±4.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

199019952000200520102015202020250.897.460.011.00: 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$14.81
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.01claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.07$486.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 34
Worst year2012ratio 7.46
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 59% · excess moisture 29% · area plans 4%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025102813

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, 2000–2025143 of 1,357 weeks11% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202228 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202581 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.4 °F1991–2020 normal 62.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.30 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September19.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.3 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, 20226% of cropland23,348 ac
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland78,942 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland6,109 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202158123,69622,407

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

CRP enrolled, 202522,407 ac5.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20283,727 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$153/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202256,463−32.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Hutchinson County$165—$5,615151.2$14.81
Bon Homme County$160$235$5,007151.5$13.97
Charles Mix County$142—$3,849136.9$10.90
Davison County$153—$4,642—$9.77
Douglas County$143—$4,554141.3$9.93
Hanson County$184—$5,155148.0$9.72
McCook County$214—$6,395158.5$11.73
Turner County$218$306$7,125164.3$11.31
Yankton County$194$315$5,549169.8$13.89
Median next door$172$306$5,081151.5$11.11

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. Hutchinson 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/hutchinson-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.