Johnston County, Oklahoma
Johnston County, OK: non-irrigated cash rent $15 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,523 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 40069. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Johnston County runs $15 per acre in 2026, down 18.9 percent from 2014. Land value, by the operators' own estimate, stands at $2,523 per acre in 2022, up 34.8 percent from 2017, 6.2 percent a year. Cropland here is little irrigated at 2 percent, and of that, 11 percent draws on groundwater. Drought has touched 231 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2006 the worst year at 46 weeks; 2021-2025 logged 64 weeks. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $642,988, led by excess moisture and flood at 42 percent, with heat and drought at 13 percent in 1989-1999 and 16 percent in 2020-2025. Wind operates at 303.5 MW; solar operating and proposed, and wind proposed, are all 0 MW.
OK median $31 · 3rd lowest of 74
OK median $2,515 · 38th highest of 77
OK median 35% · 22nd lowest of 77
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
Crop insurance record
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.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston County | $15 | $2,523 | — |
| Atoka County | $23 | $2,051 | — |
| Bryan County | $33 | $2,928 | $14.07 |
| Carter County | $13 2025 | $2,570 | — |
| Coal County | $19 | $2,116 | — |
| Marshall County | $23 | $2,584 | $25.26 |
| Murray County | $22 | $2,724 | — |
| Pontotoc County | $18 | $2,534 | — |
| Median next door | $22 | $2,570 | $19.67 2 co. |
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. Johnston 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/johnston-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.