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Hendry County, Florida

Hendry County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $42 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,646 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent runs $310 per acre in 2025, against a non-irrigated rate of $42 per acre for 2026. Land value fell 5.2 percent from 2017-2022, a drop of 1.1 percent a year, with the 2022 census figure at $4,646 per acre. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $323.0 million, mostly from wind at 47 percent; heat and drought stayed at 0 percent of indemnities from 1989-1999 through 2010-2019, then rose to 3 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio climbed to 1.6 over 2016-2025, above the 1.13 ratio for the full 1989-2025 span, and July nights have warmed to a 74.4 F average low for 2017-2026 against a 73.2 F normal for 1991-2020.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$42/ac
2026 county average
FL median $44 · 8th lowest of 21
Cash rent, irrigated
$310/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,646/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · tied for 10th lowest of 61
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.66
2016–2025, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · 23rd lowest of 52
Farmland rented
48%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 12th highest of 62

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$300$3502010201520202025$39$42 dry$201$310 irrigated

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$42/ac
Irrigated, 2025$310/ac
Pasture, 2026$27/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,646/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,057/ac
Census 2017$4,900/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−5.2%−1.1% 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

19952000200520102015202020251.336.391.641.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$5.66
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.60claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.13$323.0 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 31
Worst year2018ratio 6.39
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025wind 47% · freeze 19% · excess moisture 19%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202552914

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, 2000–2025158 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200129 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.4 °F1991–2020 normal 73.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.58 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September38.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 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, 20221% of cropland2,058 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland14,390 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025596 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202264,720+12.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202248%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Hendry County$42$310 2025$4,646$5.66
Broward County——$35,434$2.48
Collier County—$351 2025$6,076$7.03
Glades County——$4,623$4.43
Lee County——$13,080$6.21
Palm Beach County—$343$7,732$4.04
Median next door—$343 1 co.$7,732$4.43

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. Hendry 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/hendry-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.