Sarasota County, Florida
Sarasota County, FL: land and buildings $12,958 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.22 since 1996. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12115. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
FL median $6,645 · 10th highest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 23rd highest of 52
FL median 33% · 26th lowest of 62
Wind damage drives crop insurance losses in Sarasota County. Over the past decade, the loss ratio was 2.13, meaning indemnities paid $2.13 for every dollar of premium collected. Wind caused 43 percent of all indemnities from 1996-2025. Heat and drought have not been a significant factor, they made up 1 percent of indemnities in 2020-2025 and zero percent in prior decades. Ninety-three percent of irrigation water comes from groundwater, and 26 percent of the county's harvested cropland is irrigated. Land value rose 40.9 percent from 2017-2022.
Cash rent
Every published Florida county rate, side by side: Florida cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Sarasota County: its grids, county values and record.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Florida average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
Corn yield
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Rain so far this year in Florida, county by county
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota County | n/a | n/a | $12,958 | $7.59 |
| Charlotte County | $27 | n/a | $8,300 | $11.60 |
| DeSoto County | $41 2025 | $191 2025 | $6,531 | $4.62 |
| Manatee County | $41 | n/a | $9,523 | $7.94 |
| Median next door | $34 2 co. | n/a | $8,300 | $7.94 |
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. Sarasota County, Florida. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/florida/sarasota-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.