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Spink County, South Dakota

Spink County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $139 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,245 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 155.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Spink County is $139 per acre, up 26.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land and buildings were valued at $4,245 per acre in the 2022 census, with land value up 35.5 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$139/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · tied for 29th highest of 63
Cash rent, irrigated
$179/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,245/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 23rd highest of 66
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
155.8 bu/ac
16 published years
SD median 151.5 · 14th highest of 33
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.29
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 13th lowest of 65
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 10th highest of 66

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$57$139 dry$192$179 irrigated

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$139/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+26.4%nominal, $110 to $139
Irrigated, 2025$179/ac
Pasture, 2026$53/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,245/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,976/ac
Census 2017$3,132/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+35.5%+6.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.85%$121 ÷ $4,245; cropland 81% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024158.0179.1median 155.8

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

Median, 2008–2025155.8 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2013: 132.9 bu/ac85% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920241.142.400.391.00: 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$7.29
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.56claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.61$481.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 36
Worst year1995ratio 2.40
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 59% · heat and drought 19% · hail 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250122

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, 2000–202536 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202112 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202516 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.8 °F1991–2020 normal 60.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.41 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September16.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland9,974 ac
Farmed no-till, 202267% of cropland478,462 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland18,428 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202161862,68538,470

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

CRP enrolled, 202538,470 ac5.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20289,030 ac24% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$109/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20258.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202276,093+0.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Spink County$139$179 2025$4,245155.8$7.29
Beadle County$140$220$3,820137.7$10.40
Brown County$166$200$4,295154.7$11.29
Clark County$170$256 2023$4,741161.4$6.21
Day County$159—$3,549—$8.43
Faulk County$112—$3,320—$10.39
Hand County$108—$2,875135.0$7.74
Median next door$150$210 2 co.$3,685146.2$9.41

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. Spink 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/spink-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.