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Bronx County, New York

Bronx County, NY: the public record carries few figures here. Each missing figure is shown with its reason. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Bronx County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Bronx County's July average nightly low for 2017-2026 is 70.1 F, up from the 1991-2020 normal of 68.4 F. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.89 F per decade, warming. Eleven Julys since 1900 have reached an average low at or above 70 F, and the first decade the July average low reached 66 F was the 1930s. Drought has been a small factor here: 43 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 sat at 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, worst in 2002 with 25 weeks, and only 7 weeks from 2021-2025. Solar and wind operating and proposed capacity are all 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
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2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: land value suppressed for the census year
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022—/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Dry rent ÷ census value— land value suppressed for the census year

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250250

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, 2000–202543 of 1,357 weeks3% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200225 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.1 °F1991–2020 normal 68.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.89 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS published no harvested cropland for this county
Tile drainage and tillage— cropland acres suppressed or not printed in the 2022 census

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022none reported

Next door

CountyLand value
Bronx County—
Bergen County, NJ$188,137
New York County—
Queens County$113,746
Westchester County$11,506
Median next door$113,746

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. Bronx 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/bronx-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.