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Jerauld County, South Dakota

Jerauld County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $105 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,678 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 127.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Jerauld County is $105 per acre in 2026, down 1.9 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 is $2,678 per acre, up 12 percent from 2017, and rent is 3.58 percent of that value. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 112 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 57 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$105/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · tied for 26th lowest of 63
Land and buildings
$2,678/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 29th lowest of 66
Rent as % of land value
3.58%
$96 dry rent ÷ $2,678 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
127.6 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 141.8
SD median 151.5 · 9th lowest of 33
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.64
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 29th highest of 65
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 7th highest of 66

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$54$105 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$105/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−1.9%nominal, $107 to $105
Pasture, 2026$47/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.74$105 ÷ 141.8 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,678/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,968/ac
Census 2017$2,391/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.0%+2.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.58%$96 ÷ $2,678; cropland 71% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024105.0161.7median 127.6

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

Median, 2008–2024127.6 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024141.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 74.4 bu/ac58% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+2.5 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020252.153.790.721.00: 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$11.64
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.79claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.77$96.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 26
Worst year2002ratio 3.79
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 54% · excess moisture 28% · hail 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202502313

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, 2000–2025112 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201223 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202557 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.3 °F1991–2020 normal 61.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.07 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September18.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 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
Farmed no-till, 202237% of cropland82,461 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,092 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202113221,99112,808

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

CRP enrolled, 202512,808 ac5.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20281,807 ac14% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$72/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 213 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202237,930−19.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Jerauld County$105—$2,678127.6$11.64
Aurora County$139—$3,731124.6$11.31
Beadle County$140$220$3,820137.7$10.40
Brule County$110—$3,337132.7$11.17
Buffalo County$75 2025—$1,941—$12.20
Hand County$108—$2,875135.0$7.74
Sanborn County$138—$3,808—$14.04
Median next door$138$220 1 co.$3,534133.9$11.24

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. Jerauld 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/jerauld-county
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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.