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Marshall County, South Dakota

Marshall County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $153 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,787 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46091. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Marshall County is $153 per acre in 2026, up 0.7 percent from 2016. Land value is $3,787 per acre in 2022, up 34.6 percent from 2017. Solar and wind operating capacity is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$153/ac

2026 county average
SD median $112 · tied for 23rd highest of 63

Land and buildings

$3,787/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 29th highest of 66

Rent as % of land value

3.96%

$150 dry rent ÷ $3,787 land and buildings, both 2022

Corn yield, 2008–2024 median

157.5 bu/ac

recent level 2020–2024: 164.3
SD median 151.5 · 13th highest of 33

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$12.83

2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 23rd highest of 65

Farmland rented

49%

2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 24th 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.

Non-irrigated, 2026$153/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+0.7%nominal, $152 to $153

Pasture, 2026$40/ac

Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.93$153 ÷ 164.3 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,787/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$2,235/ac

Census 2017$2,814/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+34.6%+6.1% a year, nominal

Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.96%$150 ÷ $3,787; cropland 63% of land in farms

Corn yield

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

Median, 2008–2024157.5 bu/ac15 published years

Recent level, 2020–2024164.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped

Lowest published year2011: 116.4 bu/ac74% of median

Trend, 2008–2024+2.4 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$12.83

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.91claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.96$299.5 million paid

Years claims exceeded premium14 of 30

Worst year2020ratio 2.69

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 74% · heat and drought 10% · freeze 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–202525 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202111 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.2 °F1991–2020 normal 59.6 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.38 °F a decadeno clear direction

Rain, April to September18.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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

Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland8,867 ac

Farmed no-till, 202229% of cropland95,647 ac

Cover crops, 20224% of cropland12,324 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202542,448 ac15.3% of harvested cropland + CRP

CRP expiring FY2026–20286,702 ac16% of enrolled acres

CRP average rental payment, FY2025$150/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

Cattle and calves, 202277,507−16.2% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202249%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Corn yield	Claims per $100
Marshall County	$153	—	$3,787	157.5	$12.83
Sargent County, ND	$135	$177	$3,454	152.4	$9.91
Brown County	$166	$200	$4,295	154.7	$11.29
Day County	$159	—	$3,549	—	$8.43
Roberts County	$179	—	$4,089	154.3	$7.45
Median next door	$163	$189 2 co.	$3,819	154.3	$9.17

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. Marshall 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/marshall-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.

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