Hartford County, Connecticut
Hartford County, CT: non-irrigated cash rent $152 an acre (2026); land and buildings $15,160 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 09003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Crop insurance indemnities totaled 123 million dollars from 1989-2023, with excess moisture and flood accounting for 51 percent of losses; the loss ratio over 2014-2023 stands at 0.87, meaning premiums have exceeded payouts in recent years. The July nightly low trend runs 0.87 F per decade warming since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 63.7 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 61.8 F; no July since 1900 has averaged at or above 70 F.
CT median $83 · highest of 6
CT median $13,767 · 3rd highest of 8
CT median $11.66 · highest of 5
CT median 27% · 4th highest of 8
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
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.
Drought and weather
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford County | $152 | — | $15,160 | $21.93 |
| Litchfield County | $47 2025 | — | $14,512 | $11.66 |
| Middlesex County | $68 | — | $15,325 | — |
| New Haven County | $80 | — | $25,431 | $10.38 |
| New London County | $86 | — | $12,043 | — |
| Tolland County | $90 | — | $13,021 | $11.73 |
| Hampden County, MA | $130 | $265 2023 | $13,611 | $27.28 |
| Median next door | $86 | — | $14,062 | $11.70 |
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. Hartford County, Connecticut. 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/connecticut/hartford-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.