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Livingston County, New York

Livingston County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $141 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,585 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 161.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36051. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Livingston County averages $141 per acre in 2026, up 108.9 percent from 2016. The census value of land and buildings stood at $4,585 per acre in 2022, after a change of 23.5 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.3 percent a year. Corn yields show a fitted trend of 1.1 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 161.1 bushels per acre and a worst year of 2016 at 122.8. None of the county's harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$141/ac
2026 county average
NY median $73 · 2nd highest of 47
Land and buildings
$4,585/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819 · 19th highest of 50
Rent as % of land value
2.79%
$128 dry rent ÷ $4,585 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
161.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 170.2
NY median 146.6 · 2nd highest of 24
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.03
2016–2025, closed crop years
NY median $8.36 · 16th lowest of 45
Farmland rented
37%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28% · 5th highest of 51

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$53$141 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$141/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+108.9%nominal, $68 to $141
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.83$141 ÷ 170.2 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,585/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,897/ac
Census 2017$3,712/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+23.5%+4.3% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.79%$128 ÷ $4,585; cropland 81% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024160.0191.1139.7median 161.1

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

Median, 2008–2025161.1 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025170.2 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2016: 122.8 bu/ac76% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+1.1 bu/ac a year±1.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20072012201720220.381.921.00: 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$7.03
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.75claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.74$45.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium6 of 19
Worst year2025ratio 1.92
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 66% · heat and drought 23% · area plans 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250164

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, 2000–202527 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201616 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20258 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.0 °F1991–2020 normal 59.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.63 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September20.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 97% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 202231% of cropland49,794 ac
Farmed no-till, 202216% of cropland24,985 ac
Cover crops, 202211% of cropland16,565 ac
198619911996200120062011201620219267,642604

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

CRP enrolled, 2025604 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028277 ac46% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$89/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 2025217.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202255,686−2.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202237%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Livingston County$141$4,585161.1$7.03
Allegany County$85$3,316—$11.64
Genesee County$131$4,099145.6$6.80
Monroe County$81$4,622158.0$9.70
Ontario County$107$5,135157.1$9.22
Steuben County$58$3,076136.6$12.03
Wyoming County$126$4,920153.2$6.32
Median next door$96$4,361153.2$9.46

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. Livingston 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/livingston-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.