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Benton County, Oregon

Benton County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $128 an acre (2026); land and buildings $12,931 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Benton County averages $128 per acre in 2026, up 61 percent from 2016. Irrigated rent runs $162 per acre, and the irrigated multiple has moved from 1.45 in 2011 to 1.27 in 2026, direction falling. Census land and buildings value stands at $12,931 per acre, following a land value change of 100.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, 15 percent a year. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 3 percent in 2000-2009, 2 percent in 2010-2019, and 34 percent in 2020-2025. The county saw 33 weeks of severe drought or worse in 2021, and 64 weeks total from 2021-2025 out of 171 weeks from 2000-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$128/ac
2026 county average
OR median $100 · 7th highest of 15
Cash rent, irrigated
$162/ac
2026 county average
OR median $210 · 8th lowest of 23
Land and buildings
$12,931/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OR median $4,773 · 7th highest of 36
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
42%
2022 census, rented from others
OR median 28% · 5th highest of 36

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$77$128 dry$109$162 irrigated

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$128/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+61.0%nominal, $80 to $128
Irrigated, 2026$162/ac
Pasture, 2025$24/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$12,931/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,932/ac
Census 2017$6,438/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+100.9%+15.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 42% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

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 1995. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Loss ratio, 1995–20250.97$3.2 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 2004–2025price decline (revenue policies) 46% · freeze 18% · heat and drought 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202503317

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, 2000–2025171 of 1,357 weeks13% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202133 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202564 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202652.7 °F1991–2020 normal 52.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.46 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September11.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 96% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.0 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202242%
Drained by tile, 202218% of cropland12,106 ac
Farmed no-till, 202216% of cropland10,823 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland1,801 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202139937654

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

CRP enrolled, 2025654 ac1.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202871 ac11% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$133/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.2 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20226,645−18.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202242%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Benton County$128$162$12,931—
Lane County$89$165$12,788$5.96
Lincoln County$47 2023—$7,580—
Linn County$150$210$10,406$0.32
Polk County$146$236$10,255$2.15
Median next door$146$210$10,331$2.15

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. Benton County, Oregon. 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/oregon/benton-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.