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.
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.
WI median $139 · tied for 21st lowest of 67
WI median $5,565 · 26th lowest of 68
WI median 158.3 · 8th lowest of 55
WI median $5.09 · 16th highest of 65
WI median 33% · 12th lowest of 68
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County | $119 | $5,034 | 140.5 | $6.70 |
| Chippewa County | $125 | $4,325 | 156.9 | $4.00 |
| Eau Claire County | $125 | $6,093 | 159.2 | $5.68 |
| Jackson County | $143 | $4,363 | 159.7 | $3.63 |
| Marathon County | $133 | $5,576 | 147.6 | $5.61 |
| Taylor County | $118 | $3,710 | — | $9.94 |
| Wood County | $82 | $4,417 | 146.1 | $6.92 |
| Median next door | $125 | $4,390 | 156.9 | $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-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.