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Gloucester County, New Jersey

Gloucester County, NJ: non-irrigated cash rent $108 an acre (2026); land and buildings $14,091 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 134.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34015. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Gloucester County is $108 per acre for 2026, and irrigated rent is $112 per acre. July nightly lows have warmed since 1976 at 0.87 F per decade, and the 2017-2026 average of 69.2 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 67.6 F. Drought weeks were concentrated in 2002, with 38 that year against 63 total from 2000-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$108/ac
2026 county average
NJ median $84 · 2nd highest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$112/ac
2026 county average
NJ median $160 · lowest of 6
Land and buildings
$14,091/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NJ median $14,983 · 6th lowest of 13
Corn yield, 2008–2016 median
134.0 bu/ac
9 published years · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.29
2016–2025, closed crop years
NJ median $8.47 · 4th highest of 12
Farmland rented
42%
2022 census, rented from others
NJ median 32% · 2nd highest of 13

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$85$108 dry$90$112 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$108/ac
Irrigated, 2026$112/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$14,091/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$11,909/ac
Census 2017$12,676/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+11.2%+2.1% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 29% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20082009201020112012201320142015201662.0144.078.0134.098.2135.4162.1134.274.3median 134.0

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

Median, 2008–2016134.0 bu/ac9 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Lowest published year2008: 62.0 bu/ac46% of median

Crop insurance record

202220251.180.630.790.471.00: 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$9.29
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.79claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.77$14.5 million paid
Worst year2022ratio 1.18
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 61% · excess moisture 13% · hail 10%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202503813

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+ weeks200238 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202523 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202669.2 °F1991–2020 normal 67.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.87 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% 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, 202229%
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland1,450 ac
Farmed no-till, 202226% of cropland8,333 ac
Cover crops, 202222% of cropland6,946 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211616062

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

CRP enrolled, 202562 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20282 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202551.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,047−30.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202242%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Gloucester County$108$112$14,091—$9.29
New Castle County, DE$102$225 2025$11,212159.8$2.35
Atlantic County—$236$14,983—$11.03
Camden County—$84 2024$18,360—$9.77
Cumberland County$100$159$11,056—$7.13
Salem County$89$164$10,421—$6.25
Delaware County, PA——$29,314——
Philadelphia County, PA——$77,080——
Median next door$100$164$14,983159.8 1 co.$7.13

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. Gloucester 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/gloucester-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.