Farmland Atlas · county record

Lawrence County, South Dakota

Lawrence County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,742 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46081. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$25/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · 2nd lowest of 63
Cash rent, irrigated
$82/ac
2022 county average
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$2,742/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 30th lowest of 66
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 4th lowest of 66

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$27$25 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$25/ac
Change 2014 to 2026−15.3%nominal, $30 to $25
Irrigated, 2022$82/ac
Pasture, 2026$16/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,742/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,419/ac
Census 2017$1,789/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+53.3%+8.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 10% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.63$919,438 paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 63% · freeze 14% · hail 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250383

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, 2000–2025239 of 1,357 weeks18% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200538 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202548 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202654.2 °F1991–2020 normal 53.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.48 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September17.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger7.2 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202210%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland977 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210593593

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

CRP enrolled, 2025593 ac2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$14/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202223,073+38.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Lawrence County$25—$2,742—
Butte County$40$122$1,359$18.24
Meade County$31—$1,388$20.45
Pennington County$37—$1,513$17.76
Crook County, WY$14 2025—$1,776$27.97
Weston County, WY$17 2023—$953$36.60
Median next door$37$122 1 co.$1,388$20.45

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. Lawrence 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/lawrence-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.