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Ulster County, New York

Ulster County, NY: non-irrigated cash rent $104 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,701 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 36111. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Ulster County is $104 per acre for 2026, up 65.1 percent from 2016. Land value in 2022 was $8,701 per acre, up 26.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.8 percent a year. Irrigation failure indemnities are 0 million dollars.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$104/ac
2026 county average
NY median $73 · 9th highest of 47
Cash rent, irrigated
$151/ac
2023 county average
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$8,701/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
NY median $3,819 · 4th highest of 50
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
138.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 139.0 · irrigated and dryland combined
NY median 146.6 · 6th lowest of 24
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.68
2016–2025, closed crop years
NY median $8.36 · tied for 11th highest of 45
Farmland rented
16%
2022 census, rented from others
NY median 28% · 3rd lowest of 51

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$24$104 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$104/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+65.1%nominal, $63 to $104
Irrigated, 2023$151/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$8,701/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,042/ac
Census 2017$6,899/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.1%+4.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 29% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024135.0176.4143.9median 138.8

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

Median, 2008–2025138.8 bu/ac15 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025139.0 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2009: 117.0 bu/ac84% of median
Trend, 2008–2025−0.2 bu/ac a year±1.6 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

20082013201820232.236.150.391.00: claims equal premium

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$10.68
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.67claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.05$49.7 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 18
Worst year2012ratio 6.15
Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025freeze 48% · hail 39% · heat and drought 5%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250110

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, 2000–202525 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201611 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20255 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202661.4 °F1991–2020 normal 59.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.80 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September27.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202229%
Drained by tile, 20229% of cropland2,534 ac
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland1,241 ac
Cover crops, 20229% of cropland2,444 ac
198619911996200120062011201620210200

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 202556.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20222,962+42.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202216%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Ulster County$104$151 2023$8,701138.8$10.68
Columbia County$54—$6,536—$11.28
Delaware County$50—$3,035——
Dutchess County$54—$10,698—$25.78
Greene County$36 2025—$5,674——
Orange County$77$216 2024$10,494—$14.56
Sullivan County$48 2023—$5,224——
Median next door$54—$6,105—$14.56

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. Ulster 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/ulster-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.