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Franklin County, New York

Franklin County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $64 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,299 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Franklin County is $64 per acre in 2026, up 17.4 percent from 2016. Land value stood at $3,299 per acre in 2022, up 32.6 percent from 2017, 5.8 percent a year. July nights average 56.6 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 55.4 F, with a warming trend of 0.47 F per decade since 1976; no July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$64/ac
2026 county average
NY median $73 · 18th lowest of 47
Land and buildings
$3,299/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819 · 17th lowest of 50
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$2.38
2016–2025, closed crop years
NY median $8.36 · 2nd lowest of 45
Farmland rented
14%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28% · 2nd lowest of 51

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$802010201520202025$46$64 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$64/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+17.4%nominal, $55 to $64

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,299/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,680/ac
Census 2017$2,487/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+32.6%+5.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. 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$2.38
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.53claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20250.48$3.1 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025excess moisture 71% · heat and drought 18% · freeze 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–20250 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202656.6 °F1991–2020 normal 55.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.47 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 202220% of cropland15,256 ac
Farmed no-till, 202217% of cropland12,917 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland3,563 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210368275

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

CRP enrolled, 2025275 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202824 ac9% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$25/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202516.6 MW solar · 184.2 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202232,313−3.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202214%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Franklin County$64$3,299—$2.38
Clinton County$63$3,464—$11.86
Essex County$45$3,086—$17.97
Hamilton County—$4,967——
St. Lawrence County$75$2,386137.9$8.72
Median next door$63$3,275137.9 1 co.$11.86

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Franklin 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/franklin-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.