Mitchell County, Iowa property search
Search an address or an owner in Mitchell County, Iowa with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 11,655 lots are mapped here, covering 292,081 acres. 1,263 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Mitchell County received $22.8 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 935 recipients. 42,726 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Portugal. Crop insurance paid $3 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 11,655
- Lots mapped
- 292,081
- Acres
- 1,263
- Institutional
Largest landowners in Mitchell County
Largest landowners by acreage in Mitchell County, Iowa| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| CF & M Krebs LLC | 17 | 1,517 |
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| Ahrens Farms LLC | 10 | 1,181 |
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| Pork'N Pine Hill Inc | 11 | 1,030 |
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| Brothers Farmland LP | 16 | 930 |
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| Midwest Oilseeds Inc | 6 | 918 |
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| Retterath Family Farm LLC | 10 | 834 |
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| Mc Givern Family Farms LLC | 8 | 750 |
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| KJM Ahrens Farms LLC | 6 | 724 |
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| Franke Farms | 8 | 706 |
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| Johanns Farms Ltd | 5 | 617 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Iowa
Federal farm payments in Mitchell County
- $22.8M
- Paid in 2025
- 935
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Mitchell County, Iowa, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $11.1M |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $9M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $2.2M |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $130K |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops | $108K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $89K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Mitchell County
- 42,726
- Acres disclosed
- 62
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Mitchell County, Iowa, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Portugal | 40,383 |
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| Germany | 1,542 |
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| Canada | 801 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Mitchell County, Iowa| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| PIONEER PRAIRIE WIND FARM I, L.L.C. (PORTUGAL) | 21,566 |
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| TURTLE CREEK WIND FARM, L.L.C. (PORTUGAL) | 18,817 |
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| Invenergy Solar Project Development, LLC (CANADA) | 722 |
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| W-R FARMS LTD. (GERMANY) | 160 |
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| Big Dave Solar Farm, LLC (CANADA) | 79 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Crop insurance in Mitchell County
- 1,210
- Policies
- 226,699
- Insured acres
- $3M
- Claims paid
- 0.23
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Mitchell County, Iowa, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Soybeans | $1.8M |
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| Corn | $1.2M |
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| All Other Crops | $17K |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $6K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 9,023
- CRP acres, 2025
- 7
- Substations
- 2
- 345 kV and up
- 345 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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Mitchell County last published these records on May 10, 2024. Assessment records, not a survey.