Marathon County, Wisconsin
Marathon County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $133 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,576 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 147.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55073. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Marathon County runs $133 per acre in 2026, up 67.3 percent from 2016. Land is valued at $5,576 per acre in the 2022 census, with rent at 1.55 percent of that value. Corn yield trend is 1.8 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, median 147.6 bushels per acre, with 2012 the worst year at 111.8. Crop insurance indemnities total $95.9 million over 1989-2025, driven mostly by excess moisture and flood at 44 percent; heat and drought's share moved 5 percent, 66 percent, 20 percent, 13 percent across the four decades listed. Severe drought weeks fell to 0 of 1357 in 2021-2025, and no solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.
WI median $139 · 33rd lowest of 67
too few 2011 county surveys in the state to compare
WI median $5,565 · 34th highest of 68
WI median 158.3 · 10th lowest of 55
WI median $5.09 · 28th highest of 65
WI median 33% · 31st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon County | $133 | — | $5,576 | 147.6 | $5.61 |
| Clark County | $119 | — | $5,034 | 140.5 | $6.70 |
| Langlade County | $103 | $173 | $3,988 | — | $6.67 |
| Lincoln County | $70 | — | $3,790 | 134.5 | $7.12 |
| Portage County | $86 | $276 | $4,888 | 155.2 | $7.99 |
| Shawano County | $142 | — | $5,983 | 152.6 | $5.86 |
| Taylor County | $118 | — | $3,710 | — | $9.94 |
| Wood County | $82 | — | $4,417 | 146.1 | $6.92 |
| Median next door | $103 | $225 2 co. | $4,417 | 146.1 | $6.92 |
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. Marathon 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/marathon-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.