Farmland Atlas · county record

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $45 an acre (2026); land and buildings $15,277 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 113.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42017. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Land value here runs $15,277 per acre as of 2022, up 62.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, while non-irrigated cash rent sits at $45 per acre in 2026, up only 2.3 percent from 2016 to 2026. Rent covers 0.32 percent of land value. July nights average 66.5 F over 2017-2026, up from the 64.3 F normal of 1991-2020, and the first decade reaching 66 F was the 2020s. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse totaled 14 from 2021-2025, against 53 of 1357 weeks countywide since 2000.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$45/ac
2026 county average
PA median $68 · 19th lowest of 60
Cash rent, irrigated
$195/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$15,277/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
PA median $7,064 · 4th highest of 63
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
113.3 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 141.7
PA median 135.7 · lowest of 45
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$6.11
2016–2025, closed crop years
PA median $8.42 · 13th lowest of 52
Farmland rented
52%
2022 census, rented from others
PA median 30% · 2nd highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$35$45 dry$220$195 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$45/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+2.3%nominal, $44 to $45
Irrigated, 2024$195/ac
Pasture, 2023$32/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.32$45 ÷ 141.7 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$15,277/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$12,280/ac
Census 2017$9,408/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+62.4%+10.2% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.32%$50 ÷ $15,277; cropland 76% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024108.0165.5155.8median 113.3

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025113.3 bu/ac17 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025141.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 94.6 bu/ac84% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.4 bu/ac a year±2.1 (95% interval)

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$6.11
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.71claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.68$9.5 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 53% · excess moisture 34% · other 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250293

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, 2000–202553 of 1,357 weeks4% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200229 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202514 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.5 °F1991–2020 normal 64.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+1.01 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.3 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 101% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20223% of cropland1,503 ac
Farmed no-till, 202218% of cropland9,460 ac
Cover crops, 20227% of cropland3,399 ac
198619911996200120062011201620212625213

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

CRP enrolled, 202513 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20253 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20226,638−31.7% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202252%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Bucks County$45$195 2024$15,277113.3$6.11
Burlington County, NJ$79$160$12,875—$8.16
Hunterdon County, NJ$66—$17,886—$10.14
Mercer County, NJ$55$297 2024$26,811—$9.12
Warren County, NJ$129—$13,941—$6.53
Lehigh County$121—$9,925152.5$6.07
Montgomery County$69—$21,260—$8.29
Northampton County$90—$11,794148.3$10.19
Philadelphia County——$77,080——
Median next door$79$160 1 co.$15,914150.4 2 co.$8.29

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. Bucks 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/bucks-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.
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"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.