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Douglas County, Oregon

Douglas County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $67 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,442 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41019. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Douglas County runs $67 per acre; irrigated land commands $158 per acre. Irrigation covers 36 percent of harvested cropland, with only 2 percent of that water coming from groundwater as of 2015. The July nightly low has moved from 52.4 F to 53.4 F, and the longer trend since 1976 runs 0.63 F per decade, warming. Crop insurance losses since 2001 total $3.4 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 41 percent; heat and drought made up 1 percent of indemnities in 2010-2019 and 15 percent in 2020-2025. Census land values stand at $4,442 per acre, up 30.1 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$67/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Cash rent, irrigated
$158/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$4,442/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
OR median $4,773 · 18th lowest of 36
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$4.20
2016–2025, closed crop years
OR median $6.86 · 9th lowest of 23
Farmland rented
28%
2022 census, rented from others
OR median 28% · 17th highest of 36

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$56$67 dry$80$158 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, 2025$67/ac
Irrigated, 2025$158/ac
Pasture, 2026$21/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,442/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,084/ac
Census 2017$3,414/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+30.1%+5.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 36% 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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$4.20
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.87claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20250.79$3.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 2001–2025excess moisture 41% · other 21% · freeze 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250410

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, 2000–2025230 of 1,357 weeks17% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201441 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202562 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202653.4 °F1991–2020 normal 52.4 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.63 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September11.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 89% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.5 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202236%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland1,098 ac
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland1,276 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland2,404 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102,0011,576

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,576 ac4.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028342 ac22% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$65/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202240,215−31.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202228%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Douglas County$67 2025$158 2025$4,442$4.20
Coos County$94 2025$102 2024$4,016$2.15
Curry County—$225$5,104—
Jackson County$48 2025$152$12,421$14.34
Josephine County$108 2025$132 2025$20,397$11.41
Klamath County—$258$2,623$33.62
Lane County$89$165$12,788$5.96
Median next door$89 1 co.$195$8,763$11.41

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. Douglas 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/douglas-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.