Albany County, New York
Albany County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2024); land and buildings $5,894 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 137.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Albany County averages $48 per acre in 2024, up 174.3 percent from 2013. Census land value stands at $5,894 per acre, up 32.6 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 5.8 percent a year. Corn yields have a 2010-2021 median of 137.7 bushels per acre, with the worst year, 2011, at 93.3. Crop insurance history for 1989-2025 shows $3.1 million in indemnities, mostly from excess moisture and flood at 45 percent; heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 0 percent in 2000-2009, to 7 percent in 2010-2019, to 19 percent in 2020-2025.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
NY median $3,819 · 9th highest of 50
NY median 28% · 2nd highest of 51
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany County | $48 2024 | $5,894 | — | — |
| Greene County | $36 2025 | $5,674 | — | — |
| Rensselaer County | $53 | $4,449 | 141.5 | $7.91 |
| Saratoga County | $65 | $6,689 | 146.0 | $10.40 |
| Schenectady County | $35 2023 | $5,989 | — | — |
| Schoharie County | $38 | $3,551 | — | $4.83 |
| Median next door | $53 | $5,674 | 143.8 2 co. | $7.91 |
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. Albany County, New York. 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-york/albany-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.