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Oneida County, Wisconsin

Oneida County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $42 an acre (2024); land and buildings $5,553 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Oneida County averages $42 per acre. Census land and building value stands at $5,553 per acre, up 36.6 percent from 2017-2022, or 6.4 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025 total $9.7 million, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 56 percent; the loss ratio for those closed years is 1.09, rising to 1.47 over 2016-2025. Heat and drought made up 4 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 13 percent in 2000-2009, 4 percent in 2010-2019, and 3 percent in 2020-2025. July average nightly lows sit at 54.2 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 54.5 F, with no clear direction in the trend since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$42/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,553/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 34th lowest of 68
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: about 28% 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, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.15
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 21st highest of 65
Farmland rented
9%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · lowest of 68

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50202220232024$52$42 dry

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, 2024$42/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,553/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,190/ac
Census 2017$4,065/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.6%+6.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 28% 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

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$6.15
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.47claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.09$9.7 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 56% · excess moisture 25% · hail 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250280

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, 2000–2025111 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200928 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202538 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202654.2 °F1991–2020 normal 54.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.07 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 106% 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, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland351 ac
Cover crops, 202240% of cropland5,294 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210540

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record28Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth95 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20257.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022875−10.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Oneida County$42 2024—$5,553—$6.15
Forest County$40—$4,747——
Langlade County$103$173$3,988—$6.67
Lincoln County$70—$3,790134.5$7.12
Price County$37—$3,063—$6.34
Vilas County————$3.65
Median next door$55$173 1 co.$3,889134.5 1 co.$6.51

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Oneida 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/oneida-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.