Farmland Atlas · county record

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Cumberland County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $132 an acre (2026); land and buildings $10,509 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 143.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42041. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Cumberland County is $132 per acre in 2026, up 36.1 percent from 2016. Land value came in at $10,509 per acre in the 2022 census, up 38 percent from 2017, 6.7 percent a year. Drought has been light: 16 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, none from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$132/ac
2026 county average
PA median $68 · tied for 8th highest of 60
Land and buildings
$10,509/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
PA median $7,064 · 10th highest of 63
Rent as % of land value
1.26%
$132 dry rent ÷ $10,509 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
143.8 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 156.6
PA median 135.7 · 14th highest of 45
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$9.77
2016–2025, closed crop years
PA median $8.42 · 21st highest of 52
Farmland rented
45%
2022 census, rented from others
PA median 30% · 4th highest of 63

Cash rent

$0$50$100$1502010201520202025$61$132 dry

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$132/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+36.1%nominal, $97 to $132
Pasture, 2023$52/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.84$132 ÷ 156.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$10,509/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$7,793/ac
Census 2017$7,613/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+38.0%+6.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.26%$132 ÷ $10,509; cropland 83% of land in farms

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024124.0190.3166.3median 143.8

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

Median, 2008–2025143.8 bu/ac18 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025156.6 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2016: 101.5 bu/ac71% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.0 bu/ac a year±2.0 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

200320082013201820230.561.520.591.00: claims equal premium

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$9.77
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.74claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.77$33.1 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium3 of 23
Worst year2016ratio 1.52
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 65% · freeze 14% · excess moisture 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250160

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, 2000–202516 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200216 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202665.6 °F1991–2020 normal 64.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.62 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 105% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.7 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland1,412 ac
Farmed no-till, 202245% of cropland54,768 ac
Cover crops, 202218% of cropland21,672 ac
19861991199620012006201120162021485,3261,699

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

CRP enrolled, 20251,699 ac1.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028596 ac35% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$215/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20257.3 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202252,975−16.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202245%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Cumberland County$132—$10,509143.8$9.77
Adams County$91—$9,138131.1$28.25
Dauphin County$88$70 2024$10,895130.9$4.60
Franklin County$146—$8,855146.8$7.03
Perry County$94—$8,722125.9$8.26
York County$166$324 2024$9,224156.1$3.52
Median next door$94—$9,138131.1$7.03

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. Cumberland 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/cumberland-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.