Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $203 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,870 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 179.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55039. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Fond du Lac County runs $203 per acre, up 30.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. The census values land and buildings at $7,870 per acre in 2022, with land value change 2017-2022 at 8.2 percent, 1.6 percent a year. Corn yield trend on published years 2008-2025 is 2.6 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 179.3 bushels per acre and a worst year of 120.4 in 2012. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 closed crop years total $59.1 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 59 percent; heat and drought shares run 19 percent in 1989-1999, 27 percent in 2000-2009, 19 percent in 2010-2019, and 18 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks with severe drought or worse, 2000-2025, are 14 of 1357.
WI median $139 · 11th highest of 67
WI median $5,565 · 14th highest of 68
WI median 158.3 · 10th highest of 55
WI median $5.09 · 17th lowest of 65
WI median 33% · 28th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fond du Lac County | $203 | — | $7,870 | 179.3 | $3.55 |
| Calumet County | $187 | — | $8,232 | 155.8 | $5.09 |
| Dodge County | $212 | — | $7,275 | 179.6 | $3.00 |
| Green Lake County | $195 | $192 2025 | $7,669 | 168.3 | $3.82 |
| Sheboygan County | $151 | — | $8,332 | 157.4 | $4.72 |
| Washington County | $119 | — | $9,471 | 165.2 | $3.22 |
| Winnebago County | $123 | — | $8,641 | 151.0 | $4.55 |
| Median next door | $169 | — | $8,282 | 161.3 | $4.19 |
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. Fond du Lac 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/fond-du-lac-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.