Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $146 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,855 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 146.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Franklin County stands at $146 per acre for 2026, up 46 percent from 2016. Census land value in 2022 was $8,855 per acre, with land value change 2017-2022 at 17.6 percent, 3.3 percent a year. Corn yield trend on published years 2008-2025 runs 3.1 bushels per acre a year, with a median of 146.8 bushels per acre and a worst year of 77.7 in 2010. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities across 1989-2025 at 81 percent, and its share held near that level across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 13 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 0 weeks in severe drought or worse over 2021-2025.
PA median $68 · 7th highest of 60
too few 2010 county surveys in the state to compare
PA median $7,064 · 19th highest of 63
PA median 135.7 · 11th highest of 45
PA median $8.42 · 15th lowest of 52
PA median 30% · 15th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | $146 | $8,855 | 146.8 | $7.03 |
| Frederick County, MD | $123 | $11,000 | 146.9 | $10.37 |
| Washington County, MD | $128 | $8,668 | 145.1 | $9.61 |
| Adams County | $91 | $9,138 | 131.1 | $28.25 |
| Cumberland County | $132 | $10,509 | 143.8 | $9.77 |
| Fulton County | $77 | $5,350 | 116.8 | $12.67 |
| Huntingdon County | $89 | $6,474 | 134.2 | $9.75 |
| Juniata County | $113 | $9,082 | 120.5 | $8.10 |
| Perry County | $94 | $8,722 | 125.9 | $8.26 |
| Median next door | $103 | $8,902 | 132.7 | $9.76 |
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. Franklin 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/franklin-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.