Cash rent for irrigated cropland: Yankton County, South Dakota
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for irrigated cropland, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
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What the numbers say
- Yankton County's rent is 1.3 times the South Dakota average and 1.3 times the US average.
- It is the highest of the 13 South Dakota counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2022 it has risen 2.3%, from $308 to $315 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Yankton figure: in 2025 NASS combined Yankton into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Yankton County | South Dakota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $315 | $235 | $244 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $226 | $244 |
| 2024 | $307 | $225 | $245 |
| 2023 | $310 | $219 | $237 |
| 2022 | $308 | $205 | $227 |
Every South Dakota county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $122 an acre in Butte County to $315 an acre in Yankton County.
- Under $200 (2 counties)
- $200 to under $241 (3 counties)
- $241 to under $261 (2 counties)
- $261 to under $303 (3 counties)
- $303 and over (3 counties)
- Not published separately (53 counties, $169 an acre combined)
NASS combined Aurora County, Bennett County, Brule County, Buffalo County, Campbell County, Charles Mix County, Clark County, Codington County, Corson County, Custer County, Davison County, Day County, Deuel County, Dewey County, Douglas County, Edmunds County, Fall River County, Faulk County, Grant County, Gregory County, Haakon County, Hamlin County, Hand County, Hanson County, Harding County, Hutchinson County, Hyde County, Jackson County, Jerauld County, Jones County, Kingsbury County, Lawrence County, Lyman County, Marshall County, McCook County, McPherson County, Meade County, Mellette County, Miner County, Moody County, Oglala Lakota County, Pennington County, Perkins County, Potter County, Roberts County, Sanborn County, Spink County, Stanley County, Sully County, Todd County, Tripp County, Walworth County and Ziebach County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yankton County This county | $315 | 5.9% |
| 2 | Turner County | $306 | 6.9% |
| 3 | Clay County | $303 | 5.0% |
| 4 | Lake County | $271 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Union County | $269 | 4.8% |
| 6 | Lincoln County | $261 | 6.5% |
| 7 | Brookings County | $259 | 7.1% |
| 8 | Minnehaha County | $241 | 4.6% |
| 9 | Bon Homme County | $235 | 9.6% |
| 10 | Beadle County | $220 | 4.9% |
| 11 | Brown County | $200 | 5.0% |
| 12 | Hughes County | $168 | 7.4% |
| 13 | Butte County | $122 | 9.8% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.