Farmland Atlas · county record

Putnam County, New York

Putnam County, NY: land and buildings $11,485 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36079. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Putnam County had 3,992 acres in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land in Putnam County was valued by operators at $11,485 per acre in the 2022 Census, up 91.4 percent from 2017, a rise of 13.9 percent a year. July nights average 65.2 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 62.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 1.14 F per decade, warming. No July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above at night. Drought was present in 79 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2002 the worst year at 17 weeks; 31 weeks fell in 2021-2025. Solar operating stands at 2.3 MW; wind operating is 0 MW.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$11,485/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28%

Cash rent

Cash rent— county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$11,485/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,468/ac
Census 2017$6,001/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+91.4%+13.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— NASS publishes no county corn yield series for this county

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250179

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, 2000–202579 of 1,357 weeks6% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200217 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202531 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.2 °F1991–2020 normal 62.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+1.14 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 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, 20227% of cropland95 ac
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland163 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021020

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20252.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022122−31.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Putnam County——$11,485—
Fairfield County, CT——$11,310—
Dutchess County$54—$10,698$25.78
Orange County$77$216 2024$10,494$14.56
Rockland County——$13,052—
Westchester County——$11,506—
Median next door$66 2 co.—$11,310$20.17 2 co.

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. Putnam 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/putnam-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.