McPherson County, South Dakota
McPherson County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $100 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,389 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 117.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46089. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in McPherson County is $100 per acre for 2026, up 27.6 percent from 2016. Corn yields have a fitted trend of 2.5 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 117 bushels per acre and a worst year of 70.2 in 2021. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities over 1989-2025 at 51 percent, and its share rose from 10 percent in 1989-1999 to 58 percent in 2000-2009, then 41 percent in 2010-2019, then 61 percent in 2020-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland here, so this exposure runs through dryland yields and rent, not water infrastructure.
SD median $112 · 24th lowest of 63
SD median $3,173 · 25th lowest of 66
SD median 151.5 · 5th lowest of 33
SD median $11.31 · 30th highest of 65
SD median 46% · 22nd lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McPherson County | $100 | — | $2,389 | 117.0 | $11.51 |
| Dickey County, ND | $121 | $199 | $3,238 | 146.7 | $13.58 |
| McIntosh County, ND | $78 | — | $1,783 | — | $12.88 |
| Brown County | $166 | $200 | $4,295 | 154.7 | $11.29 |
| Campbell County | $80 | — | $2,316 | 112.4 | $9.66 |
| Edmunds County | $112 | — | $3,025 | — | $12.47 |
| Walworth County | $105 | — | $2,513 | — | $7.13 |
| Median next door | $109 | $200 2 co. | $2,769 | 146.7 | $11.88 |
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. McPherson 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/mcpherson-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.