Josephine County, Oregon
Josephine County, OR: non-irrigated cash rent $108 an acre (2025); land and buildings $20,397 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 41033. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Josephine County runs $108 per acre, irrigated $132 per acre. Irrigation covers 83 percent of harvested cropland, and groundwater supplies 11 percent of that water. July nights average 55 F over 2017-2026, up from the 53.2 F normal for 1991-2020, and the long trend runs 0.88 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought accounted for 0 percent of indemnities in 2000-2009, 0 percent in 2010-2019, and 23 percent in 2020-2025. The county logged 48 weeks of severe drought or worse in 2021-2025, against 232 weeks total since 2000. Land value rose 13.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, 2.5 percent a year, reaching $20,397 per acre by the operators' own estimate.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
OR median $4,773 · 4th highest of 36
OR median $6.86 · 7th highest of 23
OR median 28% · 2nd 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 1996. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine County | $108 2025 | $132 2025 | $20,397 | $11.41 |
| Del Norte County, CA | — | $620 | $10,206 | — |
| Siskiyou County, CA | $21 2023 | $250 | $4,174 | $27.49 |
| Curry County | — | $225 | $5,104 | — |
| Douglas County | $67 2025 | $158 2025 | $4,442 | $4.20 |
| Jackson County | $48 2025 | $152 | $12,421 | $14.34 |
| Median next door | — | $238 | $5,104 | $14.34 |
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. Josephine 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/josephine-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.