Pierce County, Wisconsin
Pierce County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $179 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,863 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 177.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Pierce County runs $179 per acre, up 32.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land carries a census value of $5,863 per acre, up 26.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, and rent sits at 2.68 percent of that value. Corn yield trend is 1.9 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 177.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 140.3 in 2013. Heat and drought drove 38 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989 to 2025, with the share at 8 percent in 1989-1999, 57 percent in 2000-2009, 36 percent in 2010-2019, and 25 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 102 of 1357 from 2000 to 2025, with 16 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.
WI median $139 · 19th highest of 67
WI median $5,565 · 30th highest of 68
WI median 158.3 · 11th highest of 55
WI median $5.09 · 5th lowest of 65
WI median 33% · 23rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County | $179 | — | $5,863 | 177.6 | $2.31 |
| Dakota County, MN | $252 | $285 | $8,295 | 189.2 | $4.30 |
| Goodhue County, MN | $277 | $284 | $8,303 | 194.5 | $2.44 |
| Washington County, MN | $145 | $216 | $11,320 | 176.6 | $2.20 |
| Dunn County | $131 | $252 | $4,904 | 168.6 | $2.49 |
| Pepin County | $185 | $200 2024 | $5,613 | 167.9 | $2.34 |
| St. Croix County | $127 | — | $6,451 | 171.1 | $2.49 |
| Median next door | $165 | $268 | $7,373 | 173.9 | $2.47 |
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. Pierce 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/pierce-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.