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Adams County, Colorado

Adams County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $20 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,918 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 68.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$20/ac
2026 county average
CO median $30 · 6th lowest of 24
Cash rent, irrigated
$146/ac
2026 county average
CO median $155 · 14th lowest of 30
Land and buildings
$2,918/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
CO median $2,765 · 27th highest of 58
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
68.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 53.5
CO median 120.5 · lowest of 6
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$17.90
2016–2025, closed crop years
CO median $13.57 · 13th highest of 31
Farmland rented
54%
2022 census, rented from others
CO median 30% · 2nd highest of 57

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$21$20 dry$130$146 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$20/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−7.1%nominal, $21 to $20
Irrigated, 2026$146/ac
Pasture, 2025$8/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,918/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,436/ac
Census 2017$1,613/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+80.9%+12.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.75%$22 ÷ $2,918; cropland 74% of land in farms

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202494.0125.476.2median 68.8

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

Median, 2008–202568.8 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–202553.5 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2021: 40.6 bu/ac59% of median
Trend, 2008–2025−2.3 bu/ac a year±2.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1997200220072012201720220.402.840.331.00: 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$17.90
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.09claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.90$143.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium10 of 29
Worst year2022ratio 2.84
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 56% · hail 21% · wind 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250380

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, 2000–2025210 of 1,357 weeks16% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202238 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202557 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.0 °F1991–2020 normal 58.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.44 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September11.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 90% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland91 ac
Farmed no-till, 202261% of cropland290,654 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland11,199 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,36262,83024,704

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

CRP enrolled, 202524,704 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20284,142 ac17% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$18/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025157.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202215,103+0.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202254%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Adams County$20$146$2,91868.8$17.90
Arapahoe County$14—$2,773—$18.66
Broomfield County——$8,319——
Denver County——$122,408—$18.42
Jefferson County——$16,602——
Morgan County$36$206$2,717—$11.19
Washington County$40$214$1,171—$20.10
Weld County$25$202$3,798175.8$8.60
Median next door$31$206$3,798175.8 1 co.$18.42

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. Adams County, Colorado. 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/colorado/adams-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.