Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Armstrong County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,502 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 128.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Armstrong County averages $32 per acre in 2026, up 26 percent from 2016. Land value is $4,502 per acre, based on the operators' own estimate, not a sale price, up 23.5 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yield has trended up 0.6 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 128.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 96.8 in 2011. Heat and drought has driven crop insurance losses at rates of 74 percent, 75 percent, 33 percent, and 81 percent across the four periods on record, with the loss ratio rising from 0.72 over 1989-2025 to 0.79 over 2016-2025. No cropland here is irrigated, and the county has recorded 0 weeks of severe drought or worse from 2000-2025.
PA median $68 · 12th lowest of 60
PA median $7,064 · 13th lowest of 63
PA median 135.7 · 14th lowest of 45
PA median $8.42 · 15th highest of 52
PA median 30% · 18th highest of 63
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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.
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 | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong County | $32 | $4,502 | 128.8 | $11.02 |
| Allegheny County | — | $10,009 | — | — |
| Butler County | $39 | $7,134 | 131.0 | $8.98 |
| Clarion County | $30 | $4,159 | 140.4 | $12.29 |
| Indiana County | $46 | $4,312 | 135.7 | $7.47 |
| Jefferson County | $27 | $4,424 | 126.0 | $12.48 |
| Westmoreland County | $71 | $6,940 | 130.2 | $13.00 |
| Median next door | $39 | $5,682 | 131.0 | $12.29 |
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. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. 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/pennsylvania/armstrong-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.