Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Berkshire County, MA: non-irrigated cash rent $58 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,606 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 25003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Berkshire County runs $58 per acre in 2026, up 96.6 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent stands at $114 per acre, though only 2 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities has moved from 8 percent in 2000-2009, to 18 percent in 2010-2019, to 41 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 is 1.35, above the 1.13 ratio for the full 1995-2025 period, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause of indemnities overall at 38 percent.
MA median $82 · lowest of 9
MA median $268 · lowest of 5
MA median $14,377 · lowest of 9
MA median $12.15 · 2nd lowest of 7
MA median 15% · 3rd lowest of 9
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. 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.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire County | $58 | $114 | $8,606 | — | $9.05 |
| Litchfield County, CT | $47 2025 | — | $14,512 | — | $11.66 |
| Franklin County | $141 | $331 | $8,637 | — | $20.68 |
| Hampden County | $130 | $265 2023 | $13,611 | — | $27.28 |
| Hampshire County | $129 | $268 | $10,568 | — | $19.22 |
| Columbia County, NY | $54 | — | $6,536 | — | $11.28 |
| Dutchess County, NY | $54 | — | $10,698 | — | $25.78 |
| Rensselaer County, NY | $53 | — | $4,449 | 141.5 | $7.91 |
| Bennington County, VT | $60 | — | $4,177 | — | $22.93 |
| Median next door | $60 | $300 2 co. | $9,603 | 141.5 1 co. | $19.95 |
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. Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 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/massachusetts/berkshire-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.