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Yankton County, South Dakota

Yankton County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $194 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,549 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 169.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46135. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$194/ac
2026 county average
SD median $112 · 9th highest of 63
Cash rent, irrigated
$315/ac
2026 county average
SD median $259 · highest of 13
Land and buildings
$5,549/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
SD median $3,173 · 11th highest of 66
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
169.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 162.4 · irrigated and dryland combined
SD median 151.5 · 7th highest of 33
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$13.89
2016–2025, closed crop years
SD median $11.31 · 21st highest of 65
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
SD median 46% · 27th lowest of 66

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$98$194 dry$159$315 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$194/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+8.4%nominal, $179 to $194
Irrigated, 2026$315/ac
Pasture, 2026$60/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,549/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,142/ac
Census 2017$4,422/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+25.5%+4.6% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 11% of cropland is irrigated (USGS 2015 irrigated acres over 2022 harvested cropland), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024137.0188.0median 169.8

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

Median, 2008–2025169.8 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025162.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 53.6 bu/ac32% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.5 bu/ac a year±3.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620210.377.590.061.00: 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$13.89
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.14claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.13$258.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 30
Worst year2012ratio 7.59
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 59% · excess moisture 24% · area plans 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025172911

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, 2000–2025168 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202229 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202588 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.9 °F1991–2020 normal 62.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.31 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September20.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 95% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger2.2 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, 202214% of cropland28,300 ac
Farmed no-till, 202233% of cropland65,141 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland18,262 ac
198619911996200120062011201620213512,95511,820

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

CRP enrolled, 202511,820 ac6.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20284,857 ac41% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$201/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 220 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202235,951−12.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Yankton County$194$315$5,549169.8$13.89
Cedar County, NE$247$352$6,435183.4$4.09
Knox County, NE$217$300$5,161171.3$7.25
Bon Homme County$160$235$5,007151.5$13.97
Clay County$241$303$7,445175.6$11.38
Hutchinson County$165—$5,615151.2$14.81
Turner County$218$306$7,125164.3$11.31
Median next door$218$303$6,025167.8$11.35

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. Yankton 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/yankton-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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