Sussex County, New Jersey
Sussex County, NJ: non-irrigated cash rent $42 an acre (2025); land and buildings $13,039 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Sussex County runs $42 per acre in 2025, down 8.8 percent from 2014. Land and buildings carry a census value of $13,039 per acre, with that value up 13 percent from 2017 to 2022, 2.5 percent a year. Heat and drought account for 56 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1998, and their share has moved from 25 percent in 2000-2009, to 35 percent in 2010-2019, to 75 percent in 2020-2025. July nights average 62.6 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 60.5 F, with a warming trend of 0.9 F per decade since 1976. Drought reached severe or worse in 19 of the weeks from 2021 to 2025.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
NJ median $14,983 · 4th lowest of 13
NJ median 32% · 3rd lowest of 13
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex County | $42 2025 | — | $13,039 | — |
| Morris County | — | $130 2024 | $30,022 | $3.82 |
| Passaic County | — | — | $43,712 | — |
| Warren County | $129 | — | $13,941 | $6.53 |
| Orange County, NY | $77 | $216 2024 | $10,494 | $14.56 |
| Pike County, PA | — | — | $3,130 | — |
| Median next door | $103 2 co. | — | $13,941 | $6.53 |
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. Sussex 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/sussex-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.