Farmland Atlas · county record

Osceola County, Florida

Osceola County, FL: irrigated cash rent $200 an acre (2023); land and buildings $4,578 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.84 since 1995. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12097. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land in Osceola County was valued at $4,578 per acre in 2022, up 18 percent from 2017 at 3.4 percent a year. Severe drought touched 108 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, though only 4 weeks fell in 2021-2025. The county draws 81 percent of irrigation water from groundwater, and the July nightly low has warmed at 0.65 F per decade since 1976, reaching a 2017-2026 average of 74.7 F against the 73.2 F normal.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
—
no dry rent published
Cash rent, irrigated
$200/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,578/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 8th lowest of 61
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$3.25
2016–2025, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · 9th lowest of 52
Farmland rented
59%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 4th highest of 62

Cash rent

Irrigated, 2023$200/acno dry rent published

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,578/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,948/ac
Census 2017$3,880/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+18.0%+3.4% 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

2018202320241.750.210.220.220.563.230.561.00: 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. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$3.25
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.98claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20250.84$20.2 million paid
Worst year2023ratio 3.23
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025wind 54% · excess moisture 23% · other 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025320

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, 2000–2025108 of 1,357 weeks8% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200032 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.7 °F1991–2020 normal 73.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.65 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September36.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.2 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
Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland765 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland650 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025227.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202299,418−5.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202259%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Osceola County—$200 2023$4,578$3.25
Brevard County——$7,712$5.47
Indian River County——$6,645$5.47
Okeechobee County$41—$5,713$4.60
Orange County—$300 2025$10,106$9.03
Polk County$26 2023$190 2023$7,140$4.54
Median next door$41 1 co.—$7,140$5.47

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. Osceola 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/osceola-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.