County farm facts

Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Sales through Sep 30, 2026

Sold for
$10,206/ac
Middle of 23 bare farmland sales of 20+ acres, Oct 2024 to Sep 2026. Middle half $9,288 to $13,051. Two windows: this covers 24 months; the recorded-sales median further down covers the last 12 months, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 22 sales, $10,103 an acre. Every sale behind both.

Newest sales town, not parcel

Rent$151/ac NASS 2026, county average
Nearest bid
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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.

Sheboygan County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $151 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,332 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 180.1 bu/ac. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55117. Figures as of Oct 19, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

$151

Non-irrigated cash rent, 2026: the highest of 17 surveys since 2008; up 41% from $107 in 2016.

USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, 2026

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Sheboygan County runs $151 an acre for 2026, up 41.1% from $107 in 2016 and above the state median of $136. The census value of land and buildings was $8,332 an acre in 2022, 10th highest of 68 in Wisconsin, up 26.4% from $6,594 in 2017. Corn made 181.1 bu last year, and 44% of the farmland was rented in 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$151/ac
2026 county average
WI median $136 · 29th highest of 68
Land and buildings
$8,332/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 · 10th highest of 68
Rent as % of land value
1.48%
$123 dry rent ÷ $8,332 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
180.1 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 181.1 · 2021-25 average 176.6 (all practices)
WI median 177.4 · 17th highest of 39
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.72
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 30th lowest of 65
Farmland rented
44%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 8th highest of 68
Median sale price, bare land, 20+ acres
$10,103/ac
22 recorded bare farmland sales, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026; sales dated through Sep 30, 2026
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Class III milk futures
Feeder cattle 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 Sheboygan County: Adell (8 mi), Random Lake (11 mi), Oshkosh (35 mi).

Nearby buyers within 50 miles: 1 ethanol plant
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Straight-line miles from the middle of Sheboygan County to each buyer’s town point (the middle of its town, not the gate), rounded. Capacity as published. Where the buyers are, not what they pay. Lists from Renewable Fuels Association, EIA, read Oct 28, 2026.

Weather and the season

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

Rain so far this year in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Drought, year by year

200020052010201520202025090

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, 2000–202510 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20059 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–20250 weeks
2026 so far0 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.6 °F1991–2020 normal 59.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.36 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September, usual21.1 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 22.6 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 30, Oct 17middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days166middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September2,309middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 2,386

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024131.0183.2181.1median 157.4

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

14-yr trend (projected 2026)180.1 bu/acall practices county yields, 14 years, R² 0.36; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield181.1 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average176.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–2025157.4 bu/ac18 published years
Lowest published year2008: 131.0 bu/ac83% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.4 bu/ac a year±1.2 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$64$151 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$151/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+41.1%nominal, $107 to $151
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.84$151 ÷ 180.1 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 202520.0%$147 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (181.1 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$8,332/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,243/ac
Census 2017$6,594/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.4%+4.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.48%$123 ÷ $8,332; cropland 86% 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 Sheboygan County, from Wisconsin DOR Real Estate Transfer Returns (RETR) (Wisconsin Department of Revenue), load here.

What has farmland sold for in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin?

22 recorded market sales of bare farmland (no buildings by the property class, no forest), 20 or more acres, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, with a median of $10,103 an acre; the middle half of sales fell between $9,256 and $13,222 an acre. Sales are dated through Sep 30, 2026. These are counted deed records from Wisconsin DOR Real Estate Transfer Returns (RETR), not a model or an appraisal, and no buyer or seller is named.

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

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

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

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

Crop insurance record

20072012201720220.180.331.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 2007 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$4.72
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.59claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.62$30.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 19crop years 2007–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2024ratio 2.09, of the 19 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 64% · heat and drought 16% · freeze 14%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

19861991199620012006201120162021795,366506

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

CRP enrolled, 2025506 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–202937 ac7% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$111/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022under 1%
Drained by tile, 202250% of cropland86,327 ac
Farmed no-till, 202220% of cropland33,533 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland8,410 ac
Irrigation wells on record8Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth284 ft
Solar and wind operating, 2025153.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202275,329−3.7% since 2017
Milk cows, 202229,174head, Census of Agriculture
Beef cows, 20221,874head, Census of Agriculture
Cattle on feed, 20224,168head, Census of Agriculture
Hogs and pigs, 2022291head, 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
Sheboygan County$151$8,332157.4$4.72
Calumet County$187$8,232155.8$5.09
Fond du Lac County$203$7,870179.3$3.55
Manitowoc County$199$7,751159.8$4.36
Ozaukee County$118$8,047n/a$4.07
Washington County$119$9,471165.2$3.22
Median next door$187$8,047162.5$4.07

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. Sheboygan 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/sheboygan-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.
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"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).