Turner County, South Dakota
Turner County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $218 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,125 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 164.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46125. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Turner County runs $218 per acre for 2026, up 19.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent stands at $306 per acre, a multiple of 1.40 in 2026 against 1.41 in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 0.9 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 164.3 bushels per acre and a worst year of 64.1 in 2012. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved 7 percent in 1989-1999, 33 percent in 2000-2009, 52 percent in 2010-2019, and 65 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 closed years is 1.05, above the 0.97 ratio for the full 1989-2025 record. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
SD median $112 · 6th highest of 63
SD median $259 · 2nd highest of 13
SD median $3,173 · 6th highest of 66
SD median 151.5 · 8th highest of 33
SD median $11.31 · tied for 32nd highest of 65
SD median 46% · 2nd 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner County | $218 | $306 | $7,125 | 164.3 | $11.31 |
| Clay County | $241 | $303 | $7,445 | 175.6 | $11.38 |
| Hutchinson County | $165 | — | $5,615 | 151.2 | $14.81 |
| Lincoln County | $244 | $261 | $8,445 | 162.3 | $7.66 |
| McCook County | $214 | — | $6,395 | 158.5 | $11.73 |
| Minnehaha County | $221 | $241 | $8,346 | 172.0 | $3.75 |
| Yankton County | $194 | $315 | $5,549 | 169.8 | $13.89 |
| Median next door | $218 | $282 | $6,920 | 166.1 | $11.56 |
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. Turner 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/turner-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.