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Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Winnebago County, WI: non-irrigated cash rent $123 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,641 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 151.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 55139. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Winnebago County averages $123 per acre in 2026, up 25.5 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $8,641 per acre in 2022, up 24 percent from 2017, a 4.4 percent a year pace. Corn yields have trended up 2.4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 151 bushels per acre and a worst year of 109.8 in 2012. Solar stands at 0 MW operating with 6 MW proposed; wind is 0 MW operating and proposed.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$123/ac
2026 county average
WI median $139 · 26th lowest of 67
Land and buildings
$8,641/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WI median $5,565 · 7th highest of 68
Rent as % of land value
1.15%
$100 dry rent ÷ $8,641 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
151.0 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 173.8
WI median 158.3 · 12th lowest of 55
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.55
2016–2025, closed crop years
WI median $5.09 · 28th lowest of 65
Farmland rented
38%
2022 census, rented from others
WI median 33% · 20th highest of 68

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$79$123 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$123/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+25.5%nominal, $98 to $123
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.71$123 ÷ 173.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,641/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,204/ac
Census 2017$6,971/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+24.0%+4.4% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.15%$100 ÷ $8,641; cropland 82% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024129.0192.3median 151.0

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

Median, 2008–2025151.0 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025173.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2012: 109.8 bu/ac73% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.4 bu/ac a year±1.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200420092014201920243.170.191.00: 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$4.55
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.50claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.59$36.5 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 22
Worst year2004ratio 3.17
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 65% · heat and drought 19% · freeze 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025080

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, 2000–202514 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20238 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.2 °F1991–2020 normal 59.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.31 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September22.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 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, 202233% of cropland38,941 ac
Farmed no-till, 202222% of cropland26,129 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland9,570 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202114912,8802,362

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,362 ac2.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028733 ac31% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$108/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record7Wisconsin DNR high-capacity wells (active sources)
Median well depth410 ft
Cattle and calves, 202240,879+36.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202238%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Winnebago County$123—$8,641151.0$4.55
Calumet County$187—$8,232155.8$5.09
Fond du Lac County$203—$7,870179.3$3.55
Green Lake County$195$192 2025$7,669168.3$3.82
Outagamie County$161—$7,559157.8$7.09
Waupaca County$129$231$5,611152.3$6.35
Waushara County$78$301$4,925162.9$8.16
Median next door$174$266 2 co.$7,614160.4$5.72

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. Winnebago 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/winnebago-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.