Harney County, Oregon
Harney County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2024); land and buildings $1,268 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in 2026 is $78 per acre, against $26 per acre for non-irrigated ground. Irrigation matters here: 76 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 36 percent of that water comes from groundwater. Drought has been present, with severe drought or worse in 535 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, and 117 weeks from 2021-2025 alone; 2022 was the worst single year at 52 weeks. Heat and drought caused 38 percent of crop insurance indemnities across closed crop years, rising from 27 percent of indemnities in 2010-2019 to 40 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed, averaging 53.5 F in 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 51 F, a trend of 0.84 F per decade.
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
OR median $210 · lowest of 23
OR median $4,773 · lowest of 36
OR median 28% · 6th lowest of 36
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 1995. 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harney County | $26 2024 | $78 | $1,268 | — |
| Humboldt County, NV | — | $123 | $1,164 | $15.44 |
| Washoe County, NV | — | — | $1,083 | — |
| Crook County | — | $129 | $1,808 | — |
| Deschutes County | — | $133 | $12,883 | — |
| Grant County | — | $95 2025 | $1,324 | — |
| Lake County | $33 | $164 | $2,108 | — |
| Malheur County | — | $276 | $1,851 | $6.86 |
| Median next door | $33 1 co. | $133 | $1,808 | $11.15 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. Harney 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/harney-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.