Farmland Atlas · county record

Juneau County, Wisconsin

Juneau County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $120 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,941 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 153.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Juneau County averages $120 per acre in 2026, up 31.1 percent from 2016. Irrigated cropland rents at $272 per acre. Corn yields carry a trend of 1.7 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 153.7 bushels per acre and a worst year of 101.7 in 2013. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $73.5 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 30 percent; heat and drought's share moved 13 percent, 25 percent, 32 percent, 26 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Census land value sits at $4,941 per acre, up 33.4 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$120/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · tied for 23rd lowest of 67
Cash rent, irrigated
$272/ac
2026 county average
WI median $252 · 4th highest of 11
Land and buildings
$4,941/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 25th lowest of 68
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
153.7 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 155.1 · irrigated and dryland combined
WI median 158.3 · 17th lowest of 55
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.75
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 26th highest of 65
Farmland rented
31%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 26th lowest of 68

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$61$120 dry$300$272 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$120/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+31.1%nominal, $92 to $120
Irrigated, 2026$272/ac
Pasture, 2026$44/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,941/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,079/ac
Census 2017$3,704/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+33.4%+5.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 12% 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

200820102012201420162018202020222024128.0186.5median 153.7

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

Median, 2008–2025153.7 bu/ac18 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025155.1 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2013: 101.7 bu/ac66% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.7 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920241.913.040.421.00: 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$5.75
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.64claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.77$73.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 22
Worst year2013ratio 3.04
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 30% · heat and drought 28% · area plans 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250260

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, 2000–202570 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202326 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202528 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.8 °F1991–2020 normal 58.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.40 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 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, 20228% of cropland7,958 ac
Farmed no-till, 202229% of cropland30,581 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland7,958 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212638,7512,265

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,265 ac2.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028186 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$131/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record158Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth112 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202510 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202223,824−12.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202231%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Juneau County$120$272$4,941153.7$5.75
Adams County$74$341$5,155129.9$7.21
Jackson County$143—$4,363159.7$3.63
Monroe County$154—$5,240155.5$5.34
Sauk County$158$245 2023$6,278156.9$5.45
Vernon County$145—$5,236158.6$6.14
Wood County$82—$4,417146.1$6.92
Median next door$144$341 1 co.$5,196156.2$5.80

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. Juneau 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/juneau-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.