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Glenn County, California

Glenn County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,262 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 196.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent sits at $246 per acre in 2026, and 97 percent of harvested cropland here carries irrigation, drawing 95 percent of that water from groundwater. Freeze and frost drove 38 percent of total indemnities over that span. Non-irrigated rent rose 14.3 percent from 2016 to 2026, reaching $24 per acre, and census land value reached $10,262 per acre in 2022, up 15.1 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$24/ac
2026 county average
CA median $35 · 2nd lowest of 20
Cash rent, irrigated
$246/ac
2026 county average
CA median $431 · 3rd lowest of 40
Land and buildings
$10,262/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
CA median $11,471 · 21st lowest of 52
Corn yield, 2008–2023 median
196.7 bu/ac
11 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.36
2016–2025, closed crop years
CA median $7.22 · 20th highest of 42
Farmland rented
47%
2022 census, rented from others
CA median 43% · 20th highest of 55

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$36$24 dry$169$246 irrigated

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$24/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+14.3%nominal, $21 to $24
Irrigated, 2026$246/ac
Pasture, 2026$31/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$10,262/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,593/ac
Census 2017$8,915/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+15.1%+2.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022221.0183.0238.8232.0208.2196.7193.2255.4162.0153.1166.9median 196.7

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

Median, 2008–2023196.7 bu/ac11 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2019: 153.1 bu/ac78% of median
Trend, 2008–2023−4.1 bu/ac a year±4.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020252.4515.380.851.00: 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$7.36
Loss ratio, 2016–20252.33claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.58$251.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 31
Worst year2022ratio 15.38
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 38% · irrigation failure 31% · excess moisture 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250520

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, 2000–2025378 of 1,357 weeks28% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025114 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.1 °F1991–2020 normal 62.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.57 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September3.8 in1991–2020 normal
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202297%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland4,285 ac
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland11,719 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland11,455 ac
198619911996200120062011201620215584,3830

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Irrigation wells on record2,210California DWR well completion reports (new wells)
Median well depth278 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20251.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202252,325−15.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202247%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Glenn County$24$246$10,262$7.36
Butte County$24 2023$437$13,981$7.03
Colusa County—$375$11,119$8.07
Lake County—$491$7,833$12.65
Mendocino County—$1,290$6,511$7.96
Tehama County$30$272$5,479$7.76
Median next door$30 1 co.$437$7,833$7.96

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. Glenn County, California. 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/california/glenn-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.