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Rusk County, Wisconsin

Rusk County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $104 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,399 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 132.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55107. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Rusk County is $104 per acre, up 57.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in 2022 was $3,399 per acre, up 36.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, and rent runs 2.18 percent of land value. No cropland here is irrigated.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$104/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · 18th lowest of 67
Land and buildings
$3,399/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 6th lowest of 68
Rent as % of land value
2.18%
$74 dry rent ÷ $3,399 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
132.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 155.4
WI median 158.3 · 3rd lowest of 55
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.25
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 2nd highest of 65
Farmland rented
22%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 5th lowest of 68

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$31$104 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, 2026$104/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+57.6%nominal, $66 to $104
Pasture, 2023$31/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.67$104 ÷ 155.4 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,399/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,036/ac
Census 2017$2,485/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+36.8%+6.5% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.18%$74 ÷ $3,399; cropland 58% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024113.0161.4158.3median 132.1

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

Median, 2008–2025132.1 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025155.4 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2014: 99.0 bu/ac75% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.4 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820231.352.560.221.00: claims equal premium

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$10.25
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.61claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.89$34.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium7 of 18
Worst year2014ratio 2.56
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 44% · heat and drought 31% · freeze 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250300

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, 2000–202586 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200930 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.3 °F1991–2020 normal 56.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.15 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland580 ac
Farmed no-till, 202219% of cropland13,312 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland3,789 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021694640

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

CRP enrolled, 202540 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Irrigation wells on record8Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth109 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20251 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202224,174−4.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202222%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Rusk County$104—$3,399132.1$10.25
Barron County$103$216$4,336151.9$3.72
Chippewa County$125—$4,325156.9$4.00
Price County$37—$3,063—$6.34
Sawyer County$61—$3,335—$5.01
Taylor County$118—$3,710—$9.94
Median next door$103$216 1 co.$3,710154.4 2 co.$5.01

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. Rusk 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/rusk-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.