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Sully County, South Dakota

Sully County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $97 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,501 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 123.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$97/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · 23rd lowest of 63
Land and buildings
$2,501/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 26th lowest of 66
Rent as % of land value
3.56%
$89 dry rent ÷ $2,501 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
123.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 136.9
SD median 151.5 · 7th lowest of 33
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.12
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 30th lowest of 65
Farmland rented
46%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 30th lowest of 66

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$52$97 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$97/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+7.2%nominal, $90 to $97
Pasture, 2026$36/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.70$97 ÷ 136.9 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,501/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,560/ac
Census 2017$2,154/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+16.1%+3.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20223.56%$89 ÷ $2,501; cropland 76% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024114.0155.2143.8median 123.9

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

Median, 2008–2025123.9 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025136.9 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 82.0 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.7 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920241.865.120.091.00: 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$11.12
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.60claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.65$302.6 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 33
Worst year2002ratio 5.12
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 57% · hail 14% · freeze 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250365

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, 2000–2025189 of 1,357 weeks14% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200336 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202550 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.7 °F1991–2020 normal 59.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.26 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September14.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20225%
Farmed no-till, 202270% of cropland307,319 ac
Cover crops, 2022under 1% of cropland694 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202131028,52628,385

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

CRP enrolled, 202528,385 ac6.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20288,404 ac30% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$70/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202233,608+11.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202246%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Sully County$97—$2,501123.9$11.12
Dewey County$47—$1,109—$17.10
Hughes County$90$168$2,614—$10.69
Hyde County$92—$2,117—$10.12
Potter County$111—$2,861121.3$10.24
Stanley County$49—$1,135—$19.48
Median next door$90$168 1 co.$2,117121.3 1 co.$10.69

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. Sully 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/sully-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

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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.