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Burlington County, New Jersey

Burlington County, NJ: non-irrigated cash rent $79 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,875 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 118.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Burlington County is $79 per acre in 2026, up 69.9 percent from 2016. Land and buildings were valued at $12,875 per acre in 2022, up 28.1 percent from 2017. July nightly lows have warmed from a 66.2 F normal to 67.8 F over 2017-2026, part of a 0.79 F per decade trend since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$79/ac
2026 county average
NJ median $84 · 5th lowest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$160/ac
2026 county average
NJ median $160 · 3rd highest of 6
Land and buildings
$12,875/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NJ median $14,983 · 3rd lowest of 13
Corn yield, 2008–2016 median
118.2 bu/ac
8 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.16
2016–2025, closed crop years
NJ median $8.47 · 6th lowest of 12
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
NJ median 32% · 5th lowest of 13

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$47$79 dry$90$160 irrigated

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, 2026$79/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+69.9%nominal, $47 to $79
Irrigated, 2026$160/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,875/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$9,686/ac
Census 2017$10,052/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+28.1%+5.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 26% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820092010201120122013201420152016105.0129.072.0103.2107.3136.1148.9135.8median 118.2

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2016118.2 bu/ac8 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2010: 72.0 bu/ac61% of median

Crop insurance record

20132018202320250.950.510.311.730.651.250.611.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. 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$8.16
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.88claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.75$17.3 million paid
Worst year2022ratio 1.73
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · excess moisture 29% · freeze 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202503610

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, 2000–202563 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200236 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202521 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.8 °F1991–2020 normal 66.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.79 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202226%
Drained by tile, 202224% of cropland12,103 ac
Farmed no-till, 202231% of cropland15,881 ac
Cover crops, 202219% of cropland9,544 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202135602

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

CRP enrolled, 20252 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20282 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025181.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022978−20.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Burlington County$79$160$12,875—$8.16
Atlantic County—$236$14,983—$11.03
Camden County—$84 2024$18,360—$9.77
Mercer County$55$297 2024$26,811—$9.12
Monmouth County$101$158$25,361—$8.77
Ocean County——$23,893——
Bucks County, PA$45$195 2024$15,277113.3$6.11
Philadelphia County, PA——$77,080——
Median next door$55$197 2 co.$23,893113.3 1 co.$9.12

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. Burlington County, New Jersey. 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-jersey/burlington-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.