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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.

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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.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$15/ac
2026 county average
OK median $31 · 3rd lowest of 74
Land and buildings
$2,523/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OK median $2,515 · 38th highest of 77
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 21% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
OK median 35% · 22nd lowest of 77

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201520202025$14$15 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$15/ac
Change 2014 to 2026−18.9%nominal, $19 to $15
Pasture, 2026$14/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,523/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,344/ac
Census 2017$1,872/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+34.8%+6.2% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 21% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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.

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 42% · other 23% · heat and drought 18%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020257460

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, 2000–2025231 of 1,357 weeks17% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200646 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202564 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.9 °F1991–2020 normal 71.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.37 °F a decadeno clear direction
Rain, April to September24.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.9 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20222%
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland3,137 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,589 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101620

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record11Oklahoma Water Resources Board groundwater wells
Median well depth56 ft
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 303.5 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202233,071−13.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims 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.

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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-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.