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Hillsborough County, Florida

Hillsborough County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $43 an acre (2026); land and buildings $15,276 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent in Hillsborough County runs $569 per acre against $43 per acre non-irrigated, a multiple of 13.23 in 2026 versus 13.24 in 2010, with no clear direction over that span. Non-irrigated rent is up 83 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value carries at $15,276 per acre, up 30.8 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.5 percent a year. July nights average 75.3 F over 2017-2026 against a 73.9 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.68 F per decade, warming.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$43/ac
2026 county average
FL median $44 · 10th lowest of 21
Cash rent, irrigated
$569/ac
2026 county average
FL median $343 · highest of 5
Land and buildings
$15,276/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 3rd highest of 61
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.21
2016–2025, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · 20th highest of 52
Farmland rented
53%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 10th highest of 62

Cash rent

$0$100$200$300$400$500$600$700$8002010201520202025$34$43 dry$450$569 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$43/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+83.0%nominal, $24 to $43
Irrigated, 2026$569/ac
Pasture, 2026$13/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$15,276/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$9,052/ac
Census 2017$11,678/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+30.8%+5.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 59% 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

1999200420092014201920240.152.272.191.00: 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$8.21
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.34claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.08$98.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium14 of 27
Worst year2003ratio 2.27
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 54% · wind 19% · freeze 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025336

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, 2000–2025109 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200033 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202516 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202675.3 °F1991–2020 normal 73.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.68 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September38.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202259%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland1,600 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland4,727 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland4,599 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025742.9 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202232,943−15.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202253%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Hillsborough County$43$569$15,276$8.21
Manatee County$41—$9,523$7.94
Pasco County$30 2025—$12,190$1.50
Pinellas County——$25,955—
Polk County$26 2023$190 2023$7,140$4.54
Median next door$41 1 co.—$10,857$4.54

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. Hillsborough 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/hillsborough-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.