Collier County, Florida
Collier County, FL: irrigated cash rent $351 an acre (2025); land and buildings $6,076 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.03 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigation defines farming here: 93 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, drawing 83 percent of that water from groundwater. The July average nightly low ran 75.4 F during 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 74 F, trending up at 0.57 F per decade since 1976.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $6,645 · 24th lowest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 24th highest of 52
FL median 33% · 20th highest of 62
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. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collier County | — | $351 2025 | $6,076 | $7.03 |
| Broward County | — | — | $35,434 | $2.48 |
| Hendry County | $42 | $310 2025 | $4,646 | $5.66 |
| Lee County | — | — | $13,080 | $6.21 |
| Miami-Dade County | — | $568 2023 | $50,161 | $5.77 |
| Monroe County | — | — | — | — |
| Median next door | $42 1 co. | — | $24,257 | $5.72 |
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. Collier 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/collier-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.