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Florence County, Wisconsin

Florence County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $25 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,734 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Florence County averages $25 per acre in 2026. Census land and buildings value stood at $3,734 per acre in 2022, up 47.8 percent over 2017-2022, or 8.1 percent a year. Heat and drought caused 36 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, closed crop years, with a 70 percent share in 2000-2009 and a 28 percent share in 2010-2019. The July nightly low averaged 54.1 F in 2017-2026 against a 53.3 F normal for 1991-2020, with a trend of 0.44 F per decade since 1976 and no clear direction. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 86 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 23 weeks in 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$25/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · 2nd lowest of 67
Land and buildings
$3,734/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 9th lowest of 68
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 49% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
30%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 19th lowest of 68

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30202120222023202420252026$31$25 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$25/ac
Pasture, 2025$5/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,734/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,115/ac
Census 2017$2,527/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+47.8%+8.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 49% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 36% · freeze 28% · excess moisture 26%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250250

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, 2000–202586 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200925 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202654.1 °F1991–2020 normal 53.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September20.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 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, 2022under 1% of cropland37 ac
Farmed no-till, 20224% of cropland354 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210880

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record3Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Cattle and calves, 20221,221−16.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202230%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Florence County$25$3,734——
Dickinson County, MI$22 2025$3,012—$12.07
Iron County, MI—$4,200——
Forest County$40$4,747——
Marinette County$124$5,176134.1$5.85
Median next door$82 2 co.$4,474134.1 1 co.$8.96 2 co.

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. Florence 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/florence-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.