County farm facts

Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Sales through Sep 30, 2026

Sold for
$17,000/ac
Middle of 18 bare farmland sales of 20+ acres, Oct 2024 to Sep 2026. Middle half $11,666 to $45,081.

Newest sales town, not parcel

Rent$118/ac NASS 2026, county average
Nearest bid
Rain

Recorded prices. Not an appraisal. No adjustments. A recorded price is what the state's transfer record says was paid once the sale closed, auction or private; never an asking price.

Sales: Wisconsin Department of Revenue, electronic real estate transfer returns, farm and forest classes. Rent: USDA NASS.

Ozaukee County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $118 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,047 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 184.5 bu/ac. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55089. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$118/ac
2026 county average
WI median $136 · tied for 20th lowest of 68
Cash rent, irrigated
n/a
last published 2012, more than three survey years old
Land and buildings
$8,047/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · WI farm real estate 2026: $6,700 (land and buildings, state survey)
WI median $5,565 · 12th highest of 68
Corn yield, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
184.5 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 184.5 · 2021-25 average 182.9 (all practices)
WI median 177.4 · 12th highest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.07
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 25th lowest of 65
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 9th highest of 68
Median sale price, bare land, 20+ acres
n/a
not shown: 3 recorded bare farmland sales of 20+ acres in Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, a median needs 5; sales dated through Sep 30, 2026
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Corn yields in Ozaukee County have climbed 2.4 bushels per acre a year since 2009, reaching a median of 155.6 bushels. Excess moisture and flood has driven most crop insurance claims, accounting for 60 percent of the $13.1 million paid out since 1989. Heat and drought made up 6 percent of claims in 1989-1999, peaked at 23 percent in 2010-2019, then fell to 17 percent in 2020-2025. Non-irrigated cash rent is $118 per acre in 2026. The loss ratio on crop insurance since 1989 was 0.63, down to 0.48 over the past ten years.

Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Class III milk futures
Live cattle futures
Hay, Wisconsin price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Wisconsin cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Ozaukee County: Random Lake (13 mi), Adell (16 mi), Ixonia (36 mi).

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020250110

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, 2000–202522 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200511 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–20256 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.6 °F1991–2020 normal 60.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.32 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September, usual21.5 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 22.7 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 28, Oct 18middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days170middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September2,374middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 2,455

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025139.0132.5174.7187.7184.5median 155.6

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

14-yr trend (projected 2026)184.5 bu/acall practices county yields, 10 years, R² 0.46; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield184.5 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average182.9 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2009–2025155.6 bu/ac12 published years
Lowest published year2012: 132.5 bu/ac85% of median
Trend, 2009–2025+2.4 bu/ac a year±1.8 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$140201520202025$88$118 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Wisconsin county rate, side by side: Wisconsin cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$118/ac
Irrigated, 2012$110/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.64$118 ÷ 184.5 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 202517.7%$132 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (184.5 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $4.05 Wisconsin price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,047/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,608/ac
Census 2017$6,554/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+22.8%+4.2% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.38%$111 ÷ $8,047; cropland 83% of land in farms
Wisconsin cropland, 2026 state survey$7,600/ac+4.8% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Wisconsin farm real estate, 2026$6,700/acland and buildings, state average
Wisconsin pasture, 2026$3,500/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Wisconsin average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Recorded farm sales

Sale counts and the median price buyers paid per acre in Ozaukee County, from Wisconsin DOR Real Estate Transfer Returns (RETR) (Wisconsin Department of Revenue), load here.

Land sales: Recorded sales in Ozaukee County, sale by sale.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Ozaukee County.

PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Ozaukee County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

20210.090.070.271.330.201.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2021 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$4.07
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.48claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.63$13.1 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 60% · heat and drought 20% · freeze 13%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

198619911996200120062011201620213447,134335

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

CRP enrolled, 2025335 ac0.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–202913 ac4% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$102/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022under 1%
Drained by tile, 202248% of cropland19,983 ac
Farmed no-till, 202234% of cropland14,012 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland3,599 ac
Irrigation wells on record3Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth423 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20257.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202217,231−34.8% since 2017
Milk cows, 20228,184head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 2022467head, Census of Agriculture
Cattle on feed, 20221,316head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 202215head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202244%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Ozaukee County$118$8,047n/a$4.07
Milwaukee County$101$25,512n/a$8.71
Sheboygan County$151$8,332157.4$4.72
Washington County$119$9,471165.2$3.22
Median next door$119$9,471161.3 2 co.$4.72

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/wisconsin/ozaukee-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).