Ontario County, New York
Ontario County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $107 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,135 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 157.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here is $107 per acre, up 65.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value in 2022 was $5,135 per acre, up 27.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nights have warmed 0.5 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average low at 61.4 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 60.3 F.
NY median $73 · 8th highest of 47
NY median $3,819 · 12th highest of 50
NY median 146.6 · 4th highest of 24
NY median $8.36 · 19th highest of 45
NY median 28% · 12th 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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario County | $107 | $5,135 | 157.1 | $9.22 |
| Livingston County | $141 | $4,585 | 161.1 | $7.03 |
| Monroe County | $81 | $4,622 | 158.0 | $9.70 |
| Seneca County | $90 | $4,610 | 165.5 | $7.88 |
| Steuben County | $58 | $3,076 | 136.6 | $12.03 |
| Wayne County | $94 | $4,862 | 147.8 | $9.54 |
| Yates County | $111 | $6,402 | 156.3 | $7.30 |
| Median next door | $92 | $4,616 | 157.2 | $8.71 |
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. Ontario 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/ontario-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.