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Chautauqua County, New York

Chautauqua County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $96 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,536 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 155.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36013. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value in 2022 is $3,536 per acre, up 33.7 percent from 2017. Drought weeks have been rare: 8 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw severe drought or worse, and none from 2021-2025. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland in 2022, and irrigation failure has paid 0 million dollars in indemnities across all years measured.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$96/ac
2026 county average
NY median $73 · 10th highest of 47
Cash rent, irrigated
$125/ac
2014 county average
too few 2014 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,536/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819 · 21st lowest of 50
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
155.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 160.8
NY median 146.6 · 6th highest of 24
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$8.15
2016–2025, closed crop years
NY median $8.36 · 22nd lowest of 45
Farmland rented
24%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28% · 19th lowest of 51

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$40$96 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$96/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+20.9%nominal, $79 to $96
Irrigated, 2014$125/ac
Pasture, 2026$27/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.59$96 ÷ 160.8 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,536/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,065/ac
Census 2017$2,645/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+33.7%+6.0% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.11%$75 ÷ $3,536; cropland 56% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024137.0182.7159.6median 155.2

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

Median, 2008–2025155.2 bu/ac15 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025160.8 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 132.2 bu/ac85% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.5 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20092014201920242.652.970.371.00: 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$8.15
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.76claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.90$40.8 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium4 of 17
Worst year2024ratio 2.97
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 76% · excess moisture 14% · heat and drought 8%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025070

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, 2000–20258 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20017 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.4 °F1991–2020 normal 58.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.56 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 202216% of cropland20,569 ac
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland4,118 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland12,000 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021992,376156

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

CRP enrolled, 2025156 ac0.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac0% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$89/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202565.3 MW solar · 309.9 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202245,350+3.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202224%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Chautauqua County$96—$3,536155.2$8.15
Cattaraugus County$84—$2,954—$6.38
Erie County$87$91$4,873137.7$11.24
Erie County, PA$68—$5,301140.6$4.55
Warren County, PA$30—$3,633——
Median next door$76$91 1 co.$4,253139.2 2 co.$6.38

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. Chautauqua 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/chautauqua-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.
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"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.