Farmland Atlas · county record

Solano County, California

Solano County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,901 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 193.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06095. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated rent reached $30 per acre in 2026, up 15.4 percent from 2016. The county spent 386 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 in severe drought or worse, with 2021 filling all 52 weeks.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$30/ac
2026 county average
CA median $35 · tied for 4th lowest of 20
Cash rent, irrigated
$257/ac
2026 county average
CA median $431 · 5th lowest of 40
Land and buildings
$12,901/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
CA median $11,471 · 20th highest of 52
Corn yield, 2008–2018 median
193.1 bu/ac
10 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.37
2016–2025, closed crop years
CA median $7.22 · 19th lowest of 42
Farmland rented
66%
2022 census, rented from others
CA median 43% · 4th highest of 55

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$38$30 dry$155$257 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$30/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+15.4%nominal, $26 to $30
Irrigated, 2026$257/ac
Pasture, 2025$29/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,901/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,558/ac
Census 2017$9,148/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+41.0%+7.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 84% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018195.0168.0200.0192.2201.9201.8170.0155.6193.9164.7median 193.1

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

Median, 2008–2018193.1 bu/ac10 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2015: 155.6 bu/ac81% of median
Trend, 2008–2018−2.3 bu/ac a year±4.1 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920241.976.241.041.00: 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$6.37
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.78claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.11$74.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 36
Worst year2022ratio 6.24
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 38% · excess moisture 28% · heat and drought 21%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, 2000–2025386 of 1,357 weeks28% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025106 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.5 °F1991–2020 normal 58.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.26 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September2.3 in1991–2020 normal
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202284%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland2,338 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland8,857 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland7,572 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,4550

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2016$105/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record1,067California DWR well completion reports (new wells)
Median well depth340 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202528.7 MW solar · 1,102.1 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202250,792+31.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202266%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Solano County$30$257$12,901$6.37
Contra Costa County$31$379$9,199$4.36
Napa County$21 2024$4,000$61,295$7.18
Sacramento County$68$276$15,766$6.35
Sonoma County$58$1,300$30,475$8.06
Yolo County$43$440$10,780$8.48
Median next door$50$440$15,766$7.18

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. Solano 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/solano-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.

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