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Crawford County, Wisconsin

Crawford County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $167 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,494 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 158.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Crawford County stands at $167 per acre for 2026, up 34.7 percent from 2016. Census land value came in at $4,494 per acre for 2022, an operator estimate rather than a sale price, and rose 41.3 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield trend runs 2 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 158.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 126.8 in 2012. Heat and drought's share of indemnities has moved 12 percent, 35 percent, 38 percent, 52 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 41 over 2021-2025, against 71 of 1357 weeks for the full 2000-2025 span. Solar and wind operating capacity are both 0 MW, with 0 MW proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$167/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · 22nd highest of 67
Cash rent, irrigated
$225/ac
2011 county average
too few 2011 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,494/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 17th lowest of 68
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
158.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 175.1
WI median 158.3 · 27th lowest of 55
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.91
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 22nd lowest of 65
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 15th lowest of 68

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$86$167 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$167/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+34.7%nominal, $124 to $167
Irrigated, 2011$225/ac
Pasture, 2025$40/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.95$167 ÷ 175.1 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,494/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,706/ac
Census 2017$3,180/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+41.3%+7.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 46% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024147.0184.6168.5median 158.1

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

Median, 2008–2025158.1 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025175.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 126.8 bu/ac80% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±1.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20092014201920240.491.520.291.00: 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$3.91
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.50claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.61$22.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 17
Worst year2023ratio 1.52
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 41% · excess moisture 29% · price decline (revenue policies) 15%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250280

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, 2000–202571 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202328 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202541 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.8 °F1991–2020 normal 61.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.37 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September27.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 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, 2022under 1% of cropland433 ac
Farmed no-till, 202242% of cropland37,108 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland4,734 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202188319,0194,649

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,649 ac5.7% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028911 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$141/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record4Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth135 ft
Cattle and calves, 202228,746−8.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Crawford County$167$4,494158.1$3.91
Allamakee County, IA$252$7,375185.6$2.22
Clayton County, IA$266$7,648194.2$1.63
Grant County$247$6,306190.7$1.96
Richland County$155$4,770156.6$5.82
Vernon County$145$5,236158.6$6.14
Median next door$247$6,306185.6$2.22

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. Crawford 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/crawford-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.