Polk County, Minnesota property search
Search an address or an owner in Polk County, Minnesota with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 28,873 lots are mapped here, covering 1,266,548 acres. 4,753 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Polk County received $16.1 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 581 recipients. 2,340 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Germany. Crop insurance paid $20.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 28,873
- Lots mapped
- 1,266,548
- Acres
- 4,753
- Institutional
Largest landowners in Polk County
Largest landowners by acreage in Polk County, Minnesota| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
|---|
| State of Minnesota & Dnr/Bureau of Real Estate Mgt | 210 | 17,976 |
|---|
| Gasper Family Farms Lllp | 49 | 5,940 |
|---|
| State of Minnesota & Dnr-Bureau of Real Est Mgt | 47 | 5,261 |
|---|
| Khj Development Lllp | 33 | 3,689 |
|---|
| Neld Johnson Farms Lllp | 15 | 2,523 |
|---|
| Polk County | 122 | 2,185 |
|---|
| Zubrod David J Llc | 16 | 2,172 |
|---|
| East Grand Forks City | 269 | 2,129 |
|---|
| Crookston City | 319 | 1,987 |
|---|
| Tiedemann Farms Lllp | 18 | 1,968 |
|---|
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 Polk County
- $16.1M
- Paid in 2025
- 581
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Polk County, Minnesota, 2025| Program | Paid |
|---|
| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $7.5M |
|---|
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $3.9M |
|---|
| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $1.9M |
|---|
| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $1M |
|---|
| Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish ELAP | $662K |
|---|
| Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops | $632K |
|---|
USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Polk County
- 2,340
- Acres disclosed
- 5
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Polk County, Minnesota, 2024| Country | Acres |
|---|
| Germany | 1,940 |
|---|
| Canada | 400 |
|---|
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 Polk County
- 2,588
- Policies
- 861,780
- Insured acres
- $20.7M
- Claims paid
- 0.52
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Polk County, Minnesota, 2024| Crop | Claims |
|---|
| Wheat | $6.5M |
|---|
| Soybeans | $4.7M |
|---|
| Dry Beans | $3.9M |
|---|
| Corn | $3.8M |
|---|
| Potatoes | $752K |
|---|
USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 52,044
- CRP acres, 2025
- 22
- Substations
- 230 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
Find out who owns a property in Polk County by address, free, or work out a lot's acreage.
Polk County last published these records on May 12, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.