Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $54 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,698 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $54 per acre, up 77 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in the 2022 census sits at $10,698 per acre, up 18.3 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 3.4 percent a year. Corn yield has a median of 146.5 bushels per acre over 2008-2022, with the worst year, 2022, at 118.1. July nights average 64.1 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 61.7 F, warming at 1.1 F per decade since 1976. Severe drought covered 11 weeks of the county from 2021-2025.
NY median $73 · tied for 9th lowest of 47
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
NY median $3,819 · 2nd highest of 50
NY median $8.36 · highest of 45
NY median 28% · 22nd 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 1994. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchess County | $54 | — | $10,698 | — | $25.78 |
| Fairfield County, CT | — | — | $11,310 | — | — |
| Litchfield County, CT | $47 2025 | — | $14,512 | — | $11.66 |
| Berkshire County, MA | $58 | $114 | $8,606 | — | $9.05 |
| Columbia County | $54 | — | $6,536 | — | $11.28 |
| Orange County | $77 | $216 2024 | $10,494 | — | $14.56 |
| Putnam County | — | — | $11,485 | — | — |
| Ulster County | $104 | $151 2023 | $8,701 | 138.8 | $10.68 |
| Median next door | $68 | $114 1 co. | $10,494 | 138.8 1 co. | $11.28 |
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. Dutchess 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/dutchess-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.