Lyon County, Minnesota property search
Search an address or an owner in Lyon County, Minnesota with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 16,410 lots are mapped here, covering 451,486 acres. 2,547 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Lyon County received $35.2 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 1,229 recipients. 2,597 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $13.2 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 16,410
- Lots mapped
- 451,486
- Acres
- 2,547
- Institutional
Largest landowners in Lyon County
Largest landowners by acreage in Lyon County, Minnesota| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| Carr Farms Partnership | 40 | 2,374 |
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| Sanmarbo Farms Inc | 12 | 2,113 |
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| State of Minnesota Dnr | 25 | 1,680 |
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| Fagen Farms Llp | 13 | 1,534 |
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| Marshall/City of | 140 | 1,253 |
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| Lr Land Company Lllp | 9 | 1,193 |
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| Driscoll Land & Equipment Llc | 12 | 1,168 |
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| Wichmann Farms Llc | 10 | 1,130 |
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| Lehnhoff Farms Family Ltd Part | 10 | 1,093 |
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| Goody's Farms Llc | 7 | 1,020 |
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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 Minnesota
Federal farm payments in Lyon County
- $35.2M
- Paid in 2025
- 1,229
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Lyon County, Minnesota, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $17.4M |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $12.4M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $4.7M |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $374K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage - Individual | $127K |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $70K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Lyon County
- 2,597
- Acres disclosed
- 4
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Lyon County, Minnesota, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Canada | 2,388 |
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| Norway | 105 |
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| No foreign investor listed | 101 |
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| Netherlands | 3 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Lyon County, Minnesota| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| Bitter Root Wind, LLC (CANADA) | 2,388 |
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| PEDERSON, BARBRO (NORWAY) | 105 |
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| RED PINE WIND PROJECT, LLC (998 - NO FOREIGN INVESTOR LISTED) | 101 |
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| SELECT GENETICS, LLC (NETHERLANDS) | 3 |
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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 Lyon County
- 1,527
- Policies
- 330,866
- Insured acres
- $13.2M
- Claims paid
- 0.88
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Lyon County, Minnesota, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Corn | $6.5M |
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| Soybeans | $5.9M |
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| Wheat | $302K |
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| All Other Crops | $163K |
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| Sugar Beets | $108K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 19,572
- CRP acres, 2025
- 34
- Substations
- 1
- 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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Lyon County last published these records on May 12, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.