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Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $146 an acre (2026); land and buildings $18,696 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 128.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36103. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Suffolk County runs $146 per acre in 2026, up 24.8 percent from 2014. Irrigated cash rent is $288 per acre, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated has moved from 2.58 in 2010 to 1.97 in 2026, with no clear direction. Land value carries at $18,696 per acre in 2022, up 53 percent from 2017, or 8.9 percent a year. Crop insurance loss ratio was 0.4 over 1995-2025 but rose to 1.16 over the ten closed crop years 2016-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$146/ac
2026 county average
NY median $73 · highest of 47
Cash rent, irrigated
$288/ac
2026 county average
Land and buildings
$18,696/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819 · highest of 50
Corn yield, 2010–2024 median
128.3 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 131.3 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$7.26
2016–2025, closed crop years
NY median $8.36 · 17th lowest of 45
Farmland rented
34%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28% · 8th highest of 51

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$200$250$3002010201520202025$83$146 dry$292$288 irrigated

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$146/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+24.8%nominal, $117 to $146
Irrigated, 2026$288/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$18,696/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$11,697/ac
Census 2017$12,219/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+53.0%+8.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 47% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

20102012201420162018202020222024136.4128.3152.7116.7118.0125.0128.391.0140.6155.0median 128.3

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

Median, 2010–2024128.3 bu/ac10 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2020–2024131.3 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2022: 91.0 bu/ac71% of median
Trend, 2010–2024−0.5 bu/ac a year±2.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995. 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$7.26
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.16claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20250.40$2.3 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025freeze 41% · excess moisture 32% · heat and drought 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250210

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, 2000–202554 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200221 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202511 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202667.0 °F1991–2020 normal 65.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.87 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September22.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202247%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland401 ac
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland1,280 ac
Cover crops, 202222% of cropland5,535 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210250

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025161.3 MW solar · 130 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 2022255−24.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202234%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Suffolk County$146$288$18,696$7.26
Nassau County——$62,463—
Median next door——$62,463 1 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. Suffolk 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/suffolk-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.