County farm facts

Garfield County, Oklahoma

Garfield County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $47 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,072 an acre in the 2022 census; corn 14-yr trend 58.0 bu/ac. Bids, weather, crops, land and programs for one county. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40047. Figures as of Nov 8, 2026; the rows marked with a date load the newest reading when the page opens.

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Stands out against its own record

$47

Non-irrigated cash rent, 2026: the highest of 17 surveys since 2008; up 24% from $38 in 2016.

USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, 2026

As of Oct 16, cash rent in Garfield County runs $47 an acre for 2026, tied for 3rd highest of 74 in Oklahoma and well over the state median of $31. That rent is up 24.0% from $38 in 2016. The census value of land and buildings was $2,072 an acre in 2022, up 19.4% from 2017, and still 27th lowest of 77 against a state median of $2,515. Corn is a small crop here, with a 14-yr trend of 58.0 bu, lowest of 14 counties in the state.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$47/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · tied for 3rd highest of 74
Cash rent, irrigated
n/a
last published 2021, more than three survey years old
Land and buildings
$2,072/ac
2022: operators' own estimate of what land and buildings were worth · OK farm real estate 2026: $2,620 (land and buildings, state survey)
OK median $2,515 · 27th lowest of 77
Corn yield, 14-yr trend (projected 2026)
58.0 bu/ac
all practices trend · 2025 county yield 63.1 · 2021-25 average 57.8 (all practices)
OK median 99.3 · lowest of 14
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$18.03
2016–2025, closed crop years
OK median $19.63 · 23rd lowest of 55
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 4th highest of 77
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Grain and prices within 50 miles

Corn bid
Soybean bid
Corn basis
Soybean basis
Corn futures
Soybean futures
Hay, Oklahoma price received

Bids are posted elevator prices within 50 miles of the county middle, or of your own field or saved place in this county when this device has one (each row says which), best and nearest, never a buyer's name. Not a contract; call before you haul. Livestock lines show where the 2022 Census counts 1,000 head or more: milk for milk cows, feeder cattle for beef cows, live cattle for cattle on feed, hogs for hogs, hay for all cattle.

Oklahoma cash bids by town · Bids from your own ZIP or farm, in Fast Facts

Cash bids by town near the middle of Garfield County: Enid (5 mi), Kremlin (11 mi), Ames (24 mi).

Weather and the season

Rain since Jan 1
Drought this week
Hail, last 30 days

Rain so far this year in Garfield County, Oklahoma

Drought, year by year

2000200520102015202020252470

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, 2000–2025322 of 1,357 weeks24% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202247 weeks
Last five full years, 2021–202589 weeks
2026 so far26 weekshalf the county or more in D2, 40 weekly maps
July average of daily lows, 2017–202670.7 °F1991–2020 normal 70.5 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.15 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September, usual22.5 in1991–2020 county normal, NOAA; the 2017–2026 seasons averaged 22.0 in
Days with hail 1 inch or larger3.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail
Last spring freeze, first fall freezeApr 5, Nov 7middle dates 1996–2025, NOAA county-average daily low of 32 °F or colder
Frost-free days217middle of 1996–2025
Corn growing degree days, May to September3,722middle of 1996–2025; 2016–2025 averaged 3,750

Crops

Corn harvested
Soybeans harvested

Corn yield

20082010201220142016201820202022202466.0112.963.1median 66.8

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

14-yr trend (projected 2026)58.0 bu/acall practices county yields, 14 years, R² 0.08; the figure rent per bushel uses
2025 county yield63.1 bu/acall practices
2021-25 average57.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Median, 2008–202566.8 bu/ac16 published years
Lowest published year2022: 22.5 bu/ac34% of median
Trend, 2008–2025−0.9 bu/ac a year±2.8 (95% interval)

Land rent, value, sales

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$35$47 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.

Every published Oklahoma county rate, side by side: Oklahoma cash rent by county.

Non-irrigated, 2026$47/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+24.0%nominal, $38 to $47
Irrigated, 2021$92/ac
Pasture, 2026$19/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.80$47 ÷ 58.0 bu, 14-yr trend (projected 2026), all practices
Rent as a share of corn gross, 202516.8%$46 non-irrigated rent 2025 ÷ (63.1 bu, 2025 county yield, all practices × $4.30 Oklahoma price received); the county reports no irrigated corn; the 2025 price is preliminary

Share of gross is a past year, all observed: that year's rent, that year's county corn yield of the same practice and the state price received, USDA NASS. Rent per bushel uses this year's rent over the 14-yr trend. The calculator below starts from that trend and lets you put in your own yield and price.

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,072/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,434/ac
Census 2017$1,736/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.4%+3.6% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20222.15%$45 ÷ $2,072; cropland 64% of land in farms
Oklahoma cropland, 2026 state survey$2,560/ac+3.6% from 2025 · USDA NASS Land Values, state average
Oklahoma farm real estate, 2026$2,620/acland and buildings, state average
Oklahoma pasture, 2026$2,200/acstate average

The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Oklahoma average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.

Auction results

  • Jul 30, 2025: 73 acres, $252,720 total sold.
    • Tracts 1+2: $88,400, $3,536/acre, as reported
    • Tracts 3-6: $156,000, $3,250/acre, as reported
    • Tract 7: $8,320, no per-acre figure published
    Schrader auction page
  • Oct 24, 2023: 160 acres, $429,520 total sold.
    • Tracts 1+2: $39,520, $3,952/acre, as reported
    • Tracts 3+4: $234,000, $2,543/acre, as reported
    • Tract 5: $156,000, $2,690/acre, as reported
    Schrader auction page
  • Dec 17, 2019: 160 acres, $195,000 total sold.
    • Tracts 1+2: $195,000, $1,219/acre, as reported
    Schrader auction page

Sold and auction results reported by Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. Not recorded transfers; not every sale is listed. Figures as published by the auction firm.

Programs and risk

ARC or PLC sign-up

Benchmarks, payments and the choice for each crop: ARC or PLC in Garfield County.

Insuring pasture or hay? PRF rainfall insurance for pasture and hay in Garfield County: its grids, county values and record are on the county PRF page.

Crop insurance record

19952000200520102015202020251.545.900.551.00: claims equal premium

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1995 with at least $1,000,000 of premium; a year under that has no bar and no ratio. 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$18.03
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.98claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.11$231.4 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium11 of 31crop years 1995–2025 with a loss ratio
Worst year2007ratio 5.90, of the 31 crop years with at least $1,000,000 of premium
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 64% · excess moisture 14% · freeze 14%share of dollars paid

Conservation Reserve Program

1986199119962001200620112016202126512,4681,380

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,380 ac0.4% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2027–202919 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$40/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer

What farms here look like

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland884 ac
Farmed no-till, 202244% of cropland182,248 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland6,771 ac
Irrigation wells on record363Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Solar and wind operating, 2025260 MW solar · 1,144.3 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202265,380−24.2% since 2017
Hogs and pigs, 202249head, Census of Agriculture
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

USDA Census of Agriculture 2022, except wells (state well register) and power (EIA Form 860).

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Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yield, medianClaims per $100
Garfield County$47n/a$2,07266.8$18.03
Alfalfa County$41n/a$1,964n/a$17.38
Grant County$47n/a$1,664n/a$20.20
Kay County$49$105$1,91875.3$22.67
Kingfisher County$39$71 2025$2,658n/a$11.84
Logan County$34n/a$3,204n/a$16.07
Major County$42$93$1,755n/a$15.75
Noble County$37n/a$2,42366.1$18.60
Median next door$41$99 2 co.$1,96470.7 2 co.$17.38

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. A rent from an older survey year carries its year and stays out of the median; one more than three survey years old shows n/a. The corn median here needs 15 published years, so a county with fewer shows n/a even where its own page gives a median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Garfield County, Oklahoma. Figures as of Nov 8, 2026, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/oklahoma/garfield-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. Averages, trends, ranks and estimates are calculations by AGSIST.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields. The headline trend, the one rent per bushel uses, is fitted here over the published years in the 15 years ending this year; the yearly trend card uses 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. Claims paid per $100 of coverage: claims divided by liability (the insured value), times 100, same source. 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 missing figure is named with its reason (in a table it reads n/a).