Farmland Atlas · county record

Clark County, Wisconsin

Clark County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $119 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,034 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 140.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Clark County runs $119 per acre, up 36.8 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in the 2022 Census sat at $5,034 per acre, up 24.1 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield trend is 1.1 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 140.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 112.3 in 2018. Crop insurance loss ratio was 0.74 over 1989-2025, closed years, but only 0.5 over 2016-2025; heat and drought's share of indemnities ran 6 percent in 1989-1999, 67 percent in 2000-2009, 27 percent in 2010-2019, and 5 percent in 2020-2025. Severe drought weeks totaled 57 of 1357 from 2000-2025, and zero from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$119/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · tied for 21st lowest of 67
Land and buildings
$5,034/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 26th lowest of 68
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.78
$119 ÷ 152.6 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
140.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 152.6
WI median 158.3 · 8th lowest of 55
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.70
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 16th highest of 65
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 12th lowest of 68

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$52$119 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$119/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+36.8%nominal, $87 to $119
Pasture, 2025$37/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.78$119 ÷ 152.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,034/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,126/ac
Census 2017$4,058/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.1%+4.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024131.0167.2159.5median 140.5

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

Median, 2008–2025140.5 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025152.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2018: 112.3 bu/ac80% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.1 bu/ac a year±1.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19941999200420092014201920240.053.350.201.00: 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$6.70
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.50claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.74$86.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 28
Worst year2013ratio 3.35
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 48% · heat and drought 30% · freeze 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250210

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, 2000–202557 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200921 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.6 °F1991–2020 normal 57.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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, 20228% of cropland25,330 ac
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland28,640 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland19,748 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202153,701377

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

CRP enrolled, 2025377 ac0.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20288 ac2% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$147/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record3Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth223 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20252 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022148,739−9.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Clark County$119$5,034140.5$6.70
Chippewa County$125$4,325156.9$4.00
Eau Claire County$125$6,093159.2$5.68
Jackson County$143$4,363159.7$3.63
Marathon County$133$5,576147.6$5.61
Taylor County$118$3,710—$9.94
Wood County$82$4,417146.1$6.92
Median next door$125$4,390156.9$5.65

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. Clark County, Wisconsin. 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/wisconsin/clark-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.