Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Lincoln County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $70 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,790 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 134.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lincoln County averages $70 per acre for 2026, up 58 percent from 2016. Census value of land and buildings in 2022 stood at $3,790 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 16.9 percent, 3.2 percent a year. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 0.9 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 134.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 111 in 2009. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $12.6 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 38 percent; heat and drought's share moved from 10 percent in 1989-1999 to 64 percent in 2000-2009 to 19 percent in 2010-2019 to 25 percent in 2020-2025. Solar and wind capacity, operating and proposed, are all 0 MW.
WI median $139 · 10th lowest of 67
WI median $5,565 · 10th lowest of 68
WI median 158.3 · 6th lowest of 55
WI median $5.09 · 12th highest of 65
WI median 33% · 31st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | $70 | — | $3,790 | 134.5 | $7.12 |
| Langlade County | $103 | $173 | $3,988 | — | $6.67 |
| Marathon County | $133 | — | $5,576 | 147.6 | $5.61 |
| Oneida County | $42 2024 | — | $5,553 | — | $6.15 |
| Price County | $37 | — | $3,063 | — | $6.34 |
| Taylor County | $118 | — | $3,710 | — | $9.94 |
| Median next door | $111 | $173 1 co. | $3,988 | 147.6 1 co. | $6.34 |
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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.