Grafton County, New Hampshire
Grafton County, NH: non-irrigated cash rent $58 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,312 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 33009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Grafton County runs $58 per acre in 2025, up 36.9 percent from 2014. Land is valued at $4,312 per acre in the 2022 census, with that value up 10.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 2 percent a year. Crop insurance indemnities since 1996 total $994,270, with heat and drought the largest cause at 38 percent; that share moved 46 percent in 2000-2009, 7 percent in 2010-2019, and 58 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were concentrated recently: 18 of the 38 weeks of severe drought or worse since 2000 fell in 2021-2025. July nights average 55.9 F over 2017-2026, against a 54.2 F normal for 1991-2020, warming at 0.82 F per decade since 1976.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
NH median $6,630 · 2nd lowest of 10
NH median 11% · 4th lowest of 10
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 | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Grafton County | $58 2025 | $4,312 |
| Belknap County | $29 2024 | $5,541 |
| Carroll County | — | $5,885 |
| Coos County | $41 | $4,071 |
| Merrimack County | $66 | $7,512 |
| Sullivan County | $80 2025 | $5,219 |
| Caledonia County, VT | $52 | $3,395 |
| Essex County, VT | — | $2,357 |
| Orange County, VT | $71 | $4,431 |
| Windsor County, VT | $40 | $4,863 |
| Median next door | $52 | $4,863 |
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. Grafton County, New Hampshire. 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/new-hampshire/grafton-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.