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Citrus County, Florida

Citrus County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2025); land and buildings $13,801 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Citrus County runs $21 per acre. Census land and building value stands at $13,801 per acre, up 74.1 percent from 2017-2022, or 11.7 percent a year. July nightly lows have warmed since 1976, at 0.69 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average of 74.5 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 72.8 F. Crop insurance indemnities from 2007-2025 total $1.2 million, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 52 percent; heat and drought accounted for 0 percent in both 2010-2019 and 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 122 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 13 recorded in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$21/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$13,801/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 4th highest of 61
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: about 15% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything
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
35%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 30th highest of 62

Cash rent

$0$10$2020162018202020222024$22$21 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, 2025$21/ac
Pasture, 2026$10/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$13,801/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$6,621/ac
Census 2017$7,929/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+74.1%+11.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 15% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

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 1996. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Largest causes of loss, 2007–2025freeze 52% · wind 29% · excess moisture 13%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025383

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, 2000–2025122 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200038 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202513 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.5 °F1991–2020 normal 72.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.69 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September35.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 111% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202215%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland453 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland521 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021070

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

CRP enrolled, 202570 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202574.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202210,361+24.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202235%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Citrus County$21 2025—$13,801—
Hernando County$51 2025—$11,831$1.10
Levy County$58$133 2023$6,275$5.14
Marion County$30—$12,964$8.84
Sumter County$52—$9,390$2.57
Median next door$52—$10,611$3.86

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Citrus County, Florida. 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/florida/citrus-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.