Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Green Lake County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $195 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,669 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 168.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55047. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $195 per acre, up 36.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land and buildings carried a census value of $7,669 per acre in 2022, with that rent equal to 2.2 percent of value. Corn yield trend is up 2.7 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, median 168.3, with 2012 the worst year at 97.3. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 50 percent, and its share by decade was 29 percent, 45 percent, 53 percent, then 51 percent in 2020-2025. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 42 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 27 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity operates or is proposed here.
WI median $139 · 15th highest of 67
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
WI median $5,565 · 16th highest of 68
WI median 158.3 · 18th highest of 55
WI median $5.09 · 20th lowest of 65
WI median 33% · 18th lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lake County | $195 | $192 2025 | $7,669 | 168.3 | $3.82 |
| Columbia County | $215 | $246 2025 | $7,544 | 180.5 | $2.66 |
| Dodge County | $212 | — | $7,275 | 179.6 | $3.00 |
| Fond du Lac County | $203 | — | $7,870 | 179.3 | $3.55 |
| Marquette County | $91 | $251 | $5,060 | 136.3 | $8.37 |
| Waushara County | $78 | $301 | $4,925 | 162.9 | $8.16 |
| Winnebago County | $123 | — | $8,641 | 151.0 | $4.55 |
| Median next door | $163 | $276 2 co. | $7,410 | 171.1 | $4.05 |
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. Green Lake 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/green-lake-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.