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Schoharie County, New York

Schoharie County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $38 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,551 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 138.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36095. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Schoharie County averages $38 per acre in 2026, up 55.1 percent from 2016. Census land and buildings value stood at $3,551 per acre in 2022, up 45.8 percent from 2017, 7.8 percent a year. The 2026 rent figure runs at 0.84 percent of that 2022 land value. Crop insurance history from 1989-2025 shows a loss ratio of 0.78, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause of indemnities at 49 percent over 1990-2025; heat and drought's share rose from 4 percent in 2000-2009 to 6 percent in 2010-2019 to 22 percent in 2020-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$38/ac
2026 county average
NY median $73 · lowest of 47
Cash rent, irrigated
$57/ac
2021 county average
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$3,551/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819 · 23rd lowest of 50
Corn yield, 2009–2025 median
138.0 bu/ac
9 published years
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.83
2016–2025, closed crop years
NY median $8.36 · 6th lowest of 45
Farmland rented
32%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28% · 14th highest of 51

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$37$38 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$38/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+55.1%nominal, $25 to $38
Irrigated, 2021$57/ac
Pasture, 2026$18/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,551/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,279/ac
Census 2017$2,435/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+45.8%+7.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.84%$30 ÷ $3,551; cropland 61% of land in farms

Corn yield

200920112013201520172019202120232025138.0150.0136.5133.6135.7154.6165.0132.3170.0median 138.0

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

Median, 2009–2025138.0 bu/ac9 published years
Lowest published year2021: 132.3 bu/ac96% of median

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$4.83
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.55claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.78$2.6 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1990–2025excess moisture 49% · freeze 25% · heat and drought 11%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, 2017–202658.0 °F1991–2020 normal 57.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.50 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 102% 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, 20228% of cropland5,082 ac
Farmed no-till, 202212% of cropland7,742 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland2,628 ac
198619911996200120062011201620215363742

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

CRP enrolled, 202542 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–202834 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202552 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202217,148+9.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202232%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Schoharie County$38$3,551—$4.83
Albany County$48 2024$5,894——
Delaware County$50$3,035——
Greene County$36 2025$5,674——
Montgomery County$55$3,700145.3$6.73
Otsego County$49$3,070—$5.64
Schenectady County$35 2023$5,989——
Median next door$50$4,687145.3 1 co.$6.19 2 co.

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. Schoharie 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/schoharie-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.