Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Lebanon County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $206 an acre (2026); land and buildings $16,709 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 173.0 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42075. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Lebanon County averages $206 per acre in 2026, up 6.7 percent from 2016. Census land value runs $16,709 per acre, the operators' own estimate, not a sale price, up 16 percent from 2017 to 2022. Corn yields trended up 2.8 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 173 bushels per acre and a worst year of 116.7 in 2012. July nightly lows have warmed from a 1991-2020 normal of 63.8 F to 66 F over 2017-2026, and the 2020s are the first decade to reach that mark. Heat and drought drove 86 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1993-2025, and severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county for 25 weeks between 2021 and 2025.
PA median $68 · 2nd highest of 60
PA median $7,064 · 3rd highest of 63
PA median 135.7 · 2nd highest of 45
PA median $8.42 · 3rd lowest of 52
PA median 30% · 12th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon County | $206 | — | $16,709 | 173.0 | $3.28 |
| Berks County | $155 | — | $13,449 | 162.3 | $6.07 |
| Dauphin County | $88 | $70 2024 | $10,895 | 130.9 | $4.60 |
| Lancaster County | $289 | $523 | $21,633 | 179.8 | $2.98 |
| Schuylkill County | $82 | — | $8,075 | 128.7 | $7.98 |
| Median next door | $121 | $523 1 co. | $12,172 | 146.6 | $5.34 |
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. Lebanon 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/lebanon-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.