Columbia County, New York
Columbia County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $54 an acre (2026); land and buildings $6,536 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 138.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Columbia County runs $54 per acre, up 4.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value stands at $6,536 per acre in 2022, up 56.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 9.3 percent a year. Rent against that value comes to 0.73 percent. Corn yield trend is 0.9 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2024, with a median of 138.6 bushels per acre and a worst year of 113.7 in 2022. Drought has stayed limited: 18 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 9 weeks in the worst year, 2016, and 5 weeks from 2021-2025. Freeze and frost, not heat, drives crop insurance losses at 46 percent of $39.1 million paid out from 1989-2025.
NY median $73 · tied for 9th lowest of 47
too few 2019 county surveys in the state to compare
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NY median 28% · 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia County | $54 | — | $6,536 | — | $11.28 |
| Berkshire County, MA | $58 | $114 | $8,606 | — | $9.05 |
| Dutchess County | $54 | — | $10,698 | — | $25.78 |
| Greene County | $36 2025 | — | $5,674 | — | — |
| Rensselaer County | $53 | — | $4,449 | 141.5 | $7.91 |
| Ulster County | $104 | $151 2023 | $8,701 | 138.8 | $10.68 |
| Median next door | $56 | $114 1 co. | $8,606 | 140.2 2 co. | $9.87 |
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. Columbia 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/columbia-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.