Farmland Atlas · county record

New London County, Connecticut

New London County, CT: non-irrigated cash rent $86 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,043 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 09011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in New London County runs $86 per acre in 2026, up 77.3 percent from 2016. Land value rose 5 percent from 2017 to 2022, 1 percent a year. July nights average 64.6 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 62.7 F, part of a warming trend of 1 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance indemnities for closed crop years 1997-2023 total $730,189, led by excess moisture and flood at 29 percent, while heat and drought's share moved from 6 percent in 1989-1999 to 20 percent in 2000-2009, 20 percent in 2010-2019, and 43 percent in 2020-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$86/ac
2026 county average
CT median $83 · 3rd highest of 6
Land and buildings
$12,043/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
CT median $13,767 · 3rd lowest of 8
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
18%
2022 census, rented from others
CT median 27% · lowest of 8

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$51$86 dry

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$86/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+77.3%nominal, $49 to $86

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,043/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$10,331/ac
Census 2017$11,467/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+5.0%+1.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.

Loss ratio, 1995–20230.39$730,189 paid
Largest causes of loss, 1997–2023excess moisture 29% · heat and drought 25% · hail 20%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

Drought— no Drought Monitor rows for this county
July average of daily lows, 2017–202664.6 °F1991–2020 normal 62.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+1.00 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland474 ac
Farmed no-till, 202218% of cropland4,440 ac
Cover crops, 202217% of cropland4,099 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210170

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202576.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202212,797+2.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202218%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
New London County$86$12,043—
Hartford County$152$15,160$21.93
Middlesex County$68$15,325—
Tolland County$90$13,021$11.73
Windham County$56$10,546$8.37
Kent County, RI—$14,822—
Washington County, RI—$24,586—
Median next door$79$14,991$11.73

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. New London 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/new-london-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.