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Warren County, New Jersey

Warren County, NJ: non-irrigated cash rent $129 an acre (2026); land and buildings $13,941 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 145.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 34041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Warren County stands at $129 per acre for 2026, up 68.6 percent from 2016. Land value reached $13,941 per acre in the 2022 census, up 14.4 percent from 2017, or 2.7 percent a year, and that rent equals 0.62 percent of that value. July nights average 63.5 F for 2017-2026, above the 61.1 F normal for 1991-2020, and the trend since 1976 runs 1.05 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance shows a loss ratio of 0.65 over 1989-2025 but 1.02 over 2016-2025, with heat and drought at 98 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999, 60 percent in 2000-2009, 21 percent in 2010-2019, and 87 percent in 2020-2025. Only 5 percent of harvested cropland carries irrigation, and severe drought covered the county for 11 weeks between 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$129/ac
2026 county average
NJ median $84 · highest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$160/ac
2017 county average
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$13,941/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NJ median $14,983 · 5th lowest of 13
Corn yield, 2008–2016 median
145.0 bu/ac
9 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.53
2016–2025, closed crop years
NJ median $8.47 · 4th lowest of 12
Farmland rented
33%
2022 census, rented from others
NJ median 32% · 6th highest of 13

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120$1402010201520202025$36$129 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, 2026$129/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+68.6%nominal, $77 to $129
Irrigated, 2017$160/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$13,941/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$10,230/ac
Census 2017$12,184/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+14.4%+2.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.62%$87 ÷ $13,941; cropland 62% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820092010201120122013201420152016133.0145.0141.0126.1109.4149.7158.0155.8157.9median 145.0

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

Median, 2008–2016145.0 bu/ac9 published years
Lowest published year2012: 109.4 bu/ac75% of median

Crop insurance record

202220254.150.720.731.00: 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$6.53
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.02claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.65$10.3 million paid
Worst year2022ratio 4.15
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 69% · excess moisture 19% · price decline (revenue policies) 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250154

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, 2000–202539 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200215 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202663.5 °F1991–2020 normal 61.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+1.05 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 108% 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, 20225%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland383 ac
Farmed no-till, 202224% of cropland10,462 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland2,113 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210179144

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

CRP enrolled, 2025144 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202829 ac20% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$68/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202580.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,252−18.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202233%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Warren County$129—$13,941—$6.53
Hunterdon County$66—$17,886—$10.14
Morris County—$130 2024$30,022—$3.82
Sussex County$42 2025—$13,039——
Bucks County, PA$45$195 2024$15,277113.3$6.11
Monroe County, PA$48—$10,086—$16.09
Northampton County, PA$90—$11,794148.3$10.19
Pike County, PA——$3,130——
Median next door$57—$13,039130.8 2 co.$10.14

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. Warren 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/warren-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.