Farmland Atlas · county record

Seminole County, Florida

Seminole County, FL: land and buildings $12,610 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 2.03 since 1995. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land in Seminole County carried a census value of $12,610 per acre in 2022, up 52.5 percent from 2017, or 8.8 percent a year. July nights average 74.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 73.6 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.66 F per decade, warming. Irrigation covers 33 percent of harvested cropland, all of it from groundwater as of 2015.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$12,610/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
FL median $6,645 · 11th highest of 61
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.69
2016–2025, closed crop years
FL median $6.45 · 25th highest of 52
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
FL median 33% · 15th lowest of 62

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,610/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,872/ac
Census 2017$8,271/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+52.5%+8.8% 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

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$6.69
Loss ratio, 2016–20252.25claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20252.03$10.0 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025wind 64% · excess moisture 29% · area plans 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025343

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, 2000–2025125 of 1,357 weeks9% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200034 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202674.9 °F1991–2020 normal 73.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.66 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September35.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202233%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland34 ac
Farmed no-till, 202211% of cropland358 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland104 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20251.5 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,943−2.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Seminole County——$12,610$6.69
Lake County$46—$11,976$3.30
Orange County—$300 2025$10,106$9.03
Volusia County——$13,409$3.24
Median next door$46 1 co.—$11,976$3.30

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. Seminole 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/seminole-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.