Yolo County, California
Yolo County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $43 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,780 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 196.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06113. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Yolo County runs $440 per acre against $43 per acre non-irrigated, and that multiple has moved from 5.09 in 2009 to 10.23 in 2026, rising. Irrigation covers 89 percent of harvested cropland, with 33 percent of that water drawn from groundwater as of 2015. Drought pressure has been present: 398 of 1357 weeks since 2000 saw severe drought or worse, with 2021 alone posting 52 weeks and 114 weeks falling in 2021-2025. Crop insurance history shows $308.5 million in indemnities since 1989, led by excess moisture and flood at 31 percent, with irrigation failure adding $80.3 million. The loss ratio over 2016-2025 stands at 1.84, above the 1.41 rate for the full 1989-2025 period.
CA median $35 · 7th highest of 20
CA median $431 · 19th highest of 40
CA median $11,471 · 24th lowest of 52
CA median $7.22 · 11th highest of 42
CA median 43% · 17th highest of 55
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yolo County | $43 | $440 | $10,780 | $8.48 |
| Colusa County | — | $375 | $11,119 | $8.07 |
| Lake County | — | $491 | $7,833 | $12.65 |
| Napa County | $21 2024 | $4,000 | $61,295 | $7.18 |
| Sacramento County | $68 | $276 | $15,766 | $6.35 |
| Solano County | $30 | $257 | $12,901 | $6.37 |
| Sutter County | $38 2023 | $420 | $14,191 | $11.98 |
| Median next door | $49 2 co. | $398 | $13,546 | $7.63 |
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. Yolo 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/yolo-countyEvery 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.