Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hillsborough County, NH: non-irrigated cash rent $69 an acre (2025); land and buildings $10,594 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 33011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hillsborough County runs $69 per acre. Land value in the 2022 census stood at $10,594 per acre, up 36.3 percent from 2017, or 6.4 percent a year. The July nightly low averaged 61 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 59 F, and the warming trend since 1976 runs 0.92 F per decade. Crop insurance indemnities from 1998-2025 totaled $2.8 million, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 50 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities was 0 percent in 1989-1999, 0 percent in 2000-2009, 23 percent in 2010-2019, and 10 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio was 0.81 over 1995-2025 and 1.16 over 2016-2025.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
NH median $6,630 · 2nd highest of 10
NH median 11% · highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough County | $69 2025 | — | $10,594 | $13.90 |
| Essex County, MA | $78 | $345 | $20,111 | — |
| Middlesex County, MA | $65 | $122 | $22,138 | $9.39 |
| Worcester County, MA | $61 | $320 2025 | $15,447 | $12.15 |
| Cheshire County | $71 | — | $7,375 | — |
| Merrimack County | $66 | — | $7,512 | — |
| Rockingham County | $122 2025 | — | $17,929 | $14.60 |
| Sullivan County | $80 2025 | — | $5,219 | — |
| Median next door | $66 | $234 2 co. | $15,447 | $12.15 |
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. Hillsborough 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/hillsborough-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.