Tompkins County, New York
Tompkins County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $69 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,994 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 138.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 36109. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Tompkins County averages $69 per acre in 2026, up 55.1 percent from 2016. Census land value runs $3,994 per acre in 2022, up 5.4 percent from 2017, and 2022 rent sits at 1.2 percent of that value. Corn yield trend 2008-2023 runs 1 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 138.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 110.8 in 2018. Crop insurance history 1996-2025 shows $2.2 million in indemnities, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 64 percent; heat and drought's share fell from 55 percent in 2000-2009 to 27 percent in 2010-2019 to 25 percent in 2020-2025. Severe drought covered 50 percent of the county for 20 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, all in 2016, with none from 2021-2025.
NY median $73 · 22nd lowest of 47
NY median $3,819 · 23rd highest of 50
NY median $8.36 · 7th lowest of 45
NY median 28% · 18th highest of 51
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tompkins County | $69 | $3,994 | — | $5.09 |
| Cayuga County | $133 | $4,355 | 151.0 | $5.10 |
| Chemung County | $55 | $3,542 | — | $5.49 |
| Cortland County | $76 | $3,103 | 142.8 | $3.88 |
| Schuyler County | $56 | $3,972 | — | $9.32 |
| Seneca County | $90 | $4,610 | 165.5 | $7.88 |
| Tioga County | $49 | $2,865 | — | — |
| Median next door | $66 | $3,757 | 151.0 | $5.49 |
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. Tompkins 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/tompkins-countyEvery 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.