Franklin County, Maine
Franklin County, ME: non-irrigated cash rent $72 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,583 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 23007. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Franklin County runs $72 per acre. Land value stands at $3,583 per acre, with a change of 44.2 percent from 2017-2022. July nightly lows have moved from a 1991-2020 normal of 53.8 F to 55.3 F over 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.64 F per decade since 1976. Drought has touched the county in 70 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2025 the worst year at 18 weeks and 29 weeks logged in 2021-2025 alone. Freeze and frost drove crop insurance claims from 1995-2014 at 41 percent, while heat and drought's share of indemnities rose from 0 percent in 2000-2009 to 8 percent in 2010-2019.
ME median $51 · 2nd highest of 10
ME median $4,123 · 6th lowest of 16
ME median 13% · 2nd lowest of 16
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | $72 | $3,583 | — |
| Androscoggin County | $44 | $5,591 | $9.34 |
| Kennebec County | $49 | $4,356 | $6.82 |
| Oxford County | $24 | $3,166 | $3.10 |
| Somerset County | $26 | $2,253 | — |
| Median next door | $35 | $3,761 | $6.82 |
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. Franklin County, Maine. 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/maine/franklin-countyEvery 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.