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Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Rockingham County, NH: non-irrigated cash rent $122 an acre (2025); land and buildings $17,929 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 33015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Rockingham County is $122 per acre, against a land value of $17,929 per acre in 2022. Land value rose 58.9 percent from 2017-2022, or 9.7 percent a year. July nightly lows have moved from a 60.1 F normal to 61.9 F over 2017-2026, with a warming trend of 0.92 F per decade since 1976, and no July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above at night. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse ran 87 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 13 weeks in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$122/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$17,929/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NH median $6,630 · highest of 10
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$14.60
2016–2025, closed crop years
Farmland rented
12%
2022 census, rented from others
NH median 11% · 4th highest of 10

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$14020212022202320242025$116$122 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2025$122/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$17,929/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,428/ac
Census 2017$11,281/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+58.9%+9.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 35% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

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$14.60
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.99claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20251.07$3.5 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1996–2025freeze 52% · hail 20% · heat and drought 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250260

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, 2000–202587 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201626 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202513 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.9 °F1991–2020 normal 60.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.92 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 99% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20223%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland187 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland676 ac
Cover crops, 20226% of cropland589 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021040

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20221,681−36.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202212%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Rockingham County$122 2025—$17,929$14.60
Essex County, MA$78$345$20,111—
York County, ME$58—$7,643—
Hillsborough County$69 2025—$10,594$13.90
Merrimack County$66—$7,512—
Strafford County$40 2023—$10,359—
Median next door$66$345 1 co.$10,359$13.90 1 co.

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Rockingham 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/rockingham-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.