Kingsbury County, South Dakota
Kingsbury County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $158 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,005 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 158.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Kingsbury County averages $158 per acre for 2026, up 1.9 percent from 2016. Census land value stands at $5,005 per acre, up 31.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.6 percent a year. Rent as a share of that value is 3.04 percent. Excess moisture and flood account for 52 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid from 1989-2025, the largest single cause, while irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland. Weeks in severe drought or worse totaled 56 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2012 the worst year at 16 weeks and a corn yield of 115 bushels per acre. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed in the county.
SD median $112 · 21st highest of 63
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
SD median $3,173 · 16th highest of 66
SD median $11.31 · 10th lowest of 65
SD median 46% · 23rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsbury County | $158 | — | $5,005 | — | $6.49 |
| Beadle County | $140 | $220 | $3,820 | 137.7 | $10.40 |
| Brookings County | $205 | $259 | $6,212 | 170.4 | $3.62 |
| Clark County | $170 | $256 2023 | $4,741 | 161.4 | $6.21 |
| Hamlin County | $176 | — | $5,101 | 174.9 | $3.51 |
| Lake County | $180 | $271 | $6,473 | 170.9 | $4.97 |
| Miner County | $146 | — | $4,428 | — | $9.94 |
| Sanborn County | $138 | — | $3,808 | — | $14.04 |
| Median next door | $170 | $259 | $4,741 | 170.4 | $6.21 |
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. Kingsbury 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/kingsbury-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.