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Langlade County, Wisconsin

Langlade County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $103 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,988 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 135.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55067. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Langlade County runs $103 per acre in 2026, up 25.6 percent from 2016. Irrigated land rents at $173 per acre, a multiple of 1.68 over non-irrigated, down from 2.37 in 2011. Census land value stands at $3,988 per acre, up 21.9 percent from 2017 to 2022. Crop insurance history shows freeze and frost as the largest cause of indemnities at 34 percent over 1989-2025, with heat and drought's share moving from 10 percent in 1989-1999 to 54 percent in 2000-2009, 11 percent in 2010-2019, and 30 percent in 2020-2025. Severe drought or worse covered 66 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2009 the worst year at 24 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$103/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · tied for 16th lowest of 67
Cash rent, irrigated
$173/ac
2026 county average
WI median $252 · 2nd lowest of 11
Land and buildings
$3,988/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 12th lowest of 68
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
135.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 151.6 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.67
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 17th highest of 65
Farmland rented
32%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 28th lowest of 68

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$44$103 dry$128$173 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$103/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+25.6%nominal, $82 to $103
Irrigated, 2026$173/ac
Pasture, 2023$27/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,988/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,769/ac
Census 2017$3,272/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+21.9%+4.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 38% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202485.0127.9132.5118.2139.1166.5149.8149.1123.6155.8median 135.8

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

Median, 2008–2025135.8 bu/ac10 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025151.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2008: 85.0 bu/ac63% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+3.1 bu/ac a year±2.3 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820231.580.331.00: 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$6.67
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.70claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.79$25.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 18
Worst year2008ratio 1.58
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 34% · excess moisture 34% · heat and drought 26%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250247

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, 2000–202566 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200924 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202519 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.4 °F1991–2020 normal 54.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.29 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 107% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202238%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland449 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland6,061 ac
Cover crops, 202214% of cropland9,685 ac
198619911996200120062011201620215669677

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

CRP enrolled, 202577 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20287 ac
Irrigation wells on record184Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth92 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202512 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202214,753−22.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202232%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Langlade County$103$173$3,988—$6.67
Forest County$40—$4,747——
Lincoln County$70—$3,790134.5$7.12
Marathon County$133—$5,576147.6$5.61
Menominee County—————
Oconto County$154—$5,367148.1$7.10
Oneida County$42 2024—$5,553—$6.15
Shawano County$142—$5,983152.6$5.86
Median next door$133—$5,460147.9$6.15

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. Langlade 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/langlade-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.
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"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.