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Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Alfalfa County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $41 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,964 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 76.9 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$41/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · 10th highest of 74
Land and buildings
$1,964/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 24th lowest of 77
Rent as % of land value
2.42%
$48 dry rent ÷ $1,964 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2010–2025 median
76.9 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 89.0
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$17.38
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 21st lowest of 55
Farmland rented
49%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 15th highest of 77

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$38$41 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$41/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−6.9%nominal, $44 to $41
Pasture, 2026$19/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.45$41 ÷ 89.0 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,964/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,421/ac
Census 2017$1,703/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+15.3%+2.9% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.42%$48 ÷ $1,964; cropland 63% of land in farms

Corn yield

2010201220142016201820202022202491.744.467.686.352.0114.064.398.141.4104.7median 76.9

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

Median, 2010–202576.9 bu/ac10 published years
Recent level, 2021–202589.0 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2024: 41.4 bu/ac54% of median
Trend, 2010–2025+1.0 bu/ac a year±3.9 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

1996200120062011201620211.464.860.201.00: 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$17.38
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.98claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.09$168.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium9 of 27
Worst year2007ratio 4.86
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 70% · freeze 13% · excess moisture 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252525

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, 2000–2025338 of 1,357 weeks25% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202252 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202584 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.2 °F1991–2020 normal 69.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.18 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September20.7 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Farmed no-till, 202225% of cropland78,508 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland3,140 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202169214,2542,851

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

CRP enrolled, 20252,851 ac1.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028235 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$37/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Irrigation wells on record335Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth54 ft
Cattle and calves, 202253,980−31.8% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202249%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Alfalfa County$41—$1,964—$17.38
Barber County, KS$43—$1,941—$17.11
Harper County, KS$47—$1,751—$17.38
Garfield County$47—$2,07266.8$18.03
Grant County$47—$1,664—$20.20
Major County$42$93$1,755—$15.75
Woods County$35—$1,550—$26.34
Median next door$45$93 1 co.$1,75366.8 1 co.$17.71

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. Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. 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/oklahoma/alfalfa-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.