Cortland County, New York
Cortland County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $76 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,103 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 142.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cortland County averages $76 per acre for 2026, up 24.8 percent from 2016. Land and buildings carried a census value of $3,103 per acre in 2022, up 33.7 percent from 2017, 6 percent a year, and the 2022 rent stood at 1.95 percent of that value. Corn yields have trended up 1.4 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 142.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 122 in 2008. Crop insurance history points to excess moisture and flood, 69 percent of $1.9 million in indemnities across closed crop years 1998-2025, as the county's main claim driver.
NY median $73 · 21st highest of 47
NY median $3,819 · 13th lowest of 50
NY median 146.6 · 9th lowest of 24
NY median $8.36 · 4th lowest of 45
NY median 28% · 20th lowest 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 1993. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortland County | $76 | $3,103 | 142.8 | $3.88 |
| Broome County | $66 | $3,269 | — | $3.97 |
| Cayuga County | $133 | $4,355 | 151.0 | $5.10 |
| Chenango County | $63 | $2,434 | — | $3.70 |
| Madison County | $69 | $3,841 | 139.1 | $9.51 |
| Onondaga County | $81 | $3,467 | 147.1 | $8.78 |
| Tioga County | $49 | $2,865 | — | — |
| Tompkins County | $69 | $3,994 | — | $5.09 |
| Median next door | $69 | $3,467 | 147.1 | $5.10 |
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. Cortland 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/cortland-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.