Dane County, Wisconsin
Dane County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $231 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,427 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 185.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dane County averages $231 per acre for 2026, up 34.3 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value came in at $9,427 per acre in 2022, up 14.4 percent from 2017, or 2.7 percent a year. Corn yield trend runs 3.3 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 185.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 110.9 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 40 percent of $121.5 million, and its share by period was 14 percent in 1989-1999, 35 percent in 2000-2009, 52 percent in 2010-2019, and 27 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 was 0.35, below the 0.54 ratio for the full 1989-2025 record.
WI median $139 · 4th highest of 67
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
WI median $5,565 · 3rd highest of 68
WI median 158.3 · 4th highest of 55
WI median $5.09 · 12th lowest of 65
WI median 33% · 24th highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane County | $231 | $225 2023 | $9,427 | 185.8 | $2.71 |
| Columbia County | $215 | $246 2025 | $7,544 | 180.5 | $2.66 |
| Dodge County | $212 | — | $7,275 | 179.6 | $3.00 |
| Green County | $223 | $235 2025 | $6,890 | 185.2 | $2.88 |
| Iowa County | $196 | $277 2025 | $6,393 | 186.9 | $2.36 |
| Jefferson County | $197 | — | $7,967 | 170.1 | $2.37 |
| Rock County | $223 | $257 2025 | $8,459 | 185.3 | $1.95 |
| Sauk County | $158 | $245 2023 | $6,278 | 156.9 | $5.45 |
| Median next door | $212 | — | $7,275 | 180.5 | $2.66 |
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. Dane 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/dane-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.