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Otsego County, New York

Otsego County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $49 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,070 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 143.4 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$49/ac
2026 county average
NY median $73 · 3rd lowest of 47
Land and buildings
$3,070/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819 · 10th lowest of 50
Rent as % of land value
1.24%
$38 dry rent ÷ $3,070 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
143.4 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 156.9
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.64
2016–2025, closed crop years
NY median $8.36 · 10th lowest of 45
Farmland rented
23%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28% · 14th lowest of 51

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$30$49 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$49/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+36.6%nominal, $36 to $49
Pasture, 2026$22/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.31$49 ÷ 156.9 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,070/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,245/ac
Census 2017$2,666/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+15.2%+2.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.24%$38 ÷ $3,070; cropland 51% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024129.0163.2147.8median 143.4

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

Median, 2008–2024143.4 bu/ac13 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024156.9 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2013: 108.3 bu/ac76% of median
Trend, 2008–2024+1.8 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$5.64
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.67claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1993–20250.67$3.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1993–2025excess moisture 73% · heat and drought 14% · price decline (revenue policies) 5%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, 2017–202657.3 °F1991–2020 normal 56.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland3,713 ac
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland7,243 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland1,150 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021168785131

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

CRP enrolled, 2025131 ac0.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202843 ac33% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$86/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202511.7 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202213,385−42.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202223%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Otsego County$49$3,070—$5.64
Chenango County$63$2,434—$3.70
Delaware County$50$3,035——
Herkimer County$73$3,172—$7.94
Madison County$69$3,841139.1$9.51
Montgomery County$55$3,700145.3$6.73
Oneida County$73$3,359149.5$6.20
Schoharie County$38$3,551—$4.83
Median next door$63$3,359145.3$6.47

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. Otsego 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/otsego-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.

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