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Cumberland County, New Jersey

Cumberland County, NJ: non-irrigated cash rent $100 an acre (2026); land and buildings $11,056 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 141.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34011. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Cumberland County stands at $100 per acre in 2026, up 73 percent from 2016. Irrigated cash rent is $159 per acre, a multiple of 1.60 over non-irrigated rent in 2026, compared with 1.75 in 2009, with no clear direction over that span. Land value per the 2022 census is $11,056 per acre, up 12.8 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nightly lows have warmed to 68.8 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.2 F, a trend of 0.96 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $12.2 million, with heat and drought the largest cause at 69 percent, and the loss ratio for 2016-2025 closed years runs higher, at 0.65, than the 0.49 seen across the full 1989-2025 period.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$100/ac
2026 county average
NJ median $84 · 4th highest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$159/ac
2026 county average
NJ median $160 · 3rd lowest of 6
Land and buildings
$11,056/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NJ median $14,983 · 2nd lowest of 13
Corn yield, 2008–2016 median
141.5 bu/ac
8 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.13
2016–2025, closed crop years
NJ median $8.47 · 5th lowest of 12
Farmland rented
33%
2022 census, rented from others
NJ median 32% · 5th highest of 13

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$55$100 dry$98$159 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$100/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+73.0%nominal, $58 to $100
Irrigated, 2026$159/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$11,056/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$8,035/ac
Census 2017$9,801/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+12.8%+2.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 44% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820092010201120122013201420152016120.0153.0125.3130.0123.1168.5165.4163.3median 141.5

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

Median, 2008–2016141.5 bu/ac8 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2008: 120.0 bu/ac85% of median

Crop insurance record

20082013201820230.670.050.350.220.222.120.440.810.511.00: 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$7.13
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.65claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.49$12.2 million paid
Worst year2022ratio 2.12
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 69% · excess moisture 18% · other 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202503714

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, 2000–202566 of 1,357 weeks5% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200237 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202527 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202668.8 °F1991–2020 normal 67.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.96 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202244%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland659 ac
Farmed no-till, 202226% of cropland13,049 ac
Cover crops, 202211% of cropland5,418 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210347137

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

CRP enrolled, 2025137 ac0.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202864 ac47% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$121/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202550.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20221,127−3.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202233%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Cumberland County$100$159$11,056$7.13
Atlantic County—$236$14,983$11.03
Cape May County——$19,256—
Gloucester County$108$112$14,091$9.29
Salem County$89$164$10,421$6.25
Median next door$99 2 co.$164$14,537$9.29

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. Cumberland 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/cumberland-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.
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"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.