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Richmond County, New York

Richmond County, NY: land and buildings $2,551,600 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36085. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Richmond County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.

Land here carries a census value of $2,551,600 per acre, with land value change 2012-2022 of 1347.2 percent, 30.6 percent a year. July nights have warmed: the 1991-2020 normal is 68.3 F, the 2017-2026 average is 70.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 1.03 F per decade, warming. Twelve Julys since 1900 have reached an average low at or above 70 F, and the July average low first reached 66 F in the 1970s. Drought has touched the county in 51 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, worst in 2002 with 27 weeks, and 16 weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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county not in the NASS cash rents survey frame
Land and buildings
$2,551,600/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
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suppressed by NASS

Cash rent

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

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,551,600/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$176,311/ac
Change 2012 to 2022+1347.2%+30.6% 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

2000200520102015202020250272

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, 2000–202551 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200227 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202516 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.5 °F1991–2020 normal 68.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+1.03 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202260%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 2022none reported
Cover crops, 2022none reported

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20257.6 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022none reported

Cite this page

AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Richmond 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/richmond-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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