Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Snyder County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $118 an acre (2026); land and buildings $9,076 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 125.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42109. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Snyder County runs $118 per acre in 2026, up 68.6 percent from 2016. Land value carries at $9,076 per acre in 2022, up 23.8 percent from 2017 (4.4 percent a year), and 2022 rent stood at 0.9 percent of that value. Corn yield trend runs 0.7 bushels per acre a year on 2008-2025, with a median of 125.7 and a worst year of 82.2 in 2022. Heat and drought drove 77 percent of $11.2 million in indemnities across 1989-2025, with the share at 86 percent in 1989-1999, 73 percent in 2000-2009, 56 percent in 2010-2019, and 86 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio was 0.85 over 1989-2025 but 1.15 over 2016-2025. Drought weeks were rare: 1 of 1357 weeks since 2000, none since 2021.
PA median $68 · 11th highest of 60
PA median $7,064 · 17th highest of 63
PA median 135.7 · 8th lowest of 45
PA median $8.42 · 14th highest of 52
PA median 30% · 30th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder County | $118 | $9,076 | 125.7 | $11.15 |
| Juniata County | $113 | $9,082 | 120.5 | $8.10 |
| Mifflin County | $132 | $7,840 | 140.3 | $4.87 |
| Northumberland County | $111 | $8,292 | 140.4 | $8.33 |
| Union County | $106 | $12,462 | 148.5 | $7.86 |
| Median next door | $112 | $8,687 | 140.4 | $7.98 |
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. Snyder 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/snyder-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.