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Dunn County, Wisconsin

Dunn County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $131 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,904 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 168.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Dunn County averages $131 per acre in 2026, up 31.7 percent from 2016. Land value under the Census operator estimate sits at $4,904 per acre, up 36.2 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield trend runs 2.3 bushels per acre a year across 2008-2025, with a median of 168.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 112.1 in 2013. Crop insurance indemnities for 1989-2025 total $91.1 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 59 percent; that share by period was 22 percent in 1989-1999, 76 percent in 2000-2009, 55 percent in 2010-2019, and 43 percent in 2020-2025. Severe drought or worse covered 74 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with zero weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$131/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · 32nd lowest of 67
Cash rent, irrigated
$252/ac
2026 county average
WI median $252 · 6th lowest of 11
Land and buildings
$4,904/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 23rd lowest of 68
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
168.6 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 175.5 · irrigated and dryland combined
WI median 158.3 · 17th highest of 55
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.49
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · tied for 9th lowest of 65
Farmland rented
37%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 23rd highest of 68

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$2502010201520202025$66$131 dry$129$252 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$131/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+31.7%nominal, $100 to $131
Irrigated, 2026$252/ac
Pasture, 2025$28/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,904/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,316/ac
Census 2017$3,601/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.2%+6.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 15% 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

200820102012201420162018202020222024136.0190.4172.9median 168.6

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

Median, 2008–2025168.6 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025175.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2013: 112.1 bu/ac67% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.3 bu/ac a year±1.5 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

2000200520102015202020250.593.070.191.00: 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$2.49
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.23claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.57$91.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium8 of 26
Worst year2013ratio 3.07
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 59% · excess moisture 19% · freeze 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250200

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, 2000–202574 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201320 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.0 °F1991–2020 normal 59.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.25 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 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, 20223% of cropland8,656 ac
Farmed no-till, 202238% of cropland97,668 ac
Cover crops, 202215% of cropland39,767 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,08224,2053,749

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

CRP enrolled, 20253,749 ac1.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028552 ac15% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$125/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record333Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth315 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20254 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202267,781+32.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202237%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Dunn County$131$252$4,904168.6$2.49
Barron County$103$216$4,336151.9$3.72
Chippewa County$125—$4,325156.9$4.00
Eau Claire County$125—$6,093159.2$5.68
Pepin County$185$200 2024$5,613167.9$2.34
Pierce County$179—$5,863177.6$2.31
St. Croix County$127—$6,451171.1$2.49
Median next door$126$216 1 co.$5,738163.6$3.11

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Dunn 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/dunn-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.