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Tolland County, Connecticut

Tolland County, CT: non-irrigated cash rent $90 an acre (2026); land and buildings $13,021 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 09013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Tolland County stands at $90 per acre in 2026, up 8.4 percent from 2016. Census land and building value reached $13,021 per acre in 2022, a gain of 34.2 percent from 2017, or 6.1 percent a year. July nightly lows are warming at 0.88 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 62.4 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$90/ac
2026 county average
CT median $83 · 2nd highest of 6
Land and buildings
$13,021/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
CT median $13,767 · 4th lowest of 8
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$11.73
2014–2023, closed crop years
CT median $11.66 · 2nd highest of 5
Farmland rented
25%
2022 census, rented from others
CT median 27% · 3rd lowest of 8

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$69$90 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$90/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+8.4%nominal, $83 to $90

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$13,021/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$9,926/ac
Census 2017$9,703/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.2%+6.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

201920230.011.590.041.481.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2014–2023$11.73
Loss ratio, 2014–20230.54claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20230.70$10.0 million paid
Worst year2021ratio 1.59
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2023excess moisture 48% · other 29% · heat and drought 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

Drought— no Drought Monitor rows for this county
July average of daily lows, 2017–202662.4 °F1991–2020 normal 60.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.88 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20226%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland247 ac
Farmed no-till, 202231% of cropland4,822 ac
Cover crops, 202234% of cropland5,416 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021080

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202519.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20229,505+0.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Tolland County$90—$13,021$11.73
Hartford County$152—$15,160$21.93
New London County$86—$12,043—
Windham County$56—$10,546$8.37
Hampden County, MA$130$265 2023$13,611$27.28
Worcester County, MA$61$320 2025$15,447$12.15
Median next door$86—$13,611$17.04

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. Tolland 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/tolland-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.
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"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.