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Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Tioga County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2026); land and buildings $4,552 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 128.5 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42117. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Tioga County stands at $48 per acre, up 88.2 percent from 2014 to 2026. Corn yields have a fitted trend of 0.9 bushels per acre a year over 2010-2025, with a median of 128.5 bushels per acre and a worst year of 104.2 in 2020. July nights average 57.5 F over 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 55.9 F, and the July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.4 F per decade, warming. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 28 percent in 1989-1999, 21 percent in 2000-2009, 23 percent in 2010-2019, and 48 percent in 2020-2025. Drought weeks were 17 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with zero from 2021-2025, and census land value reached $4,552 per acre in 2022, up 19.9 percent from 2017 to 2022.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$48/ac
2026 county average
PA median $68 · tied for 21st lowest of 60
Land and buildings
$4,552/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
PA median $7,064 · 14th lowest of 63
Rent as % of land value
0.65%
$30 dry rent ÷ $4,552 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, 2010–2025 median
128.5 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 135.5
PA median 135.7 · 12th lowest of 45
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$16.68
2016–2025, closed crop years
PA median $8.42 · 7th highest of 52
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
PA median 30% · 25th lowest of 63

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$502010201520202025$31$48 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$48/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+88.2%nominal, $26 to $48
Pasture, 2026$25/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.35$48 ÷ 135.5 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$4,552/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,438/ac
Census 2017$3,797/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+19.9%+3.7% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20220.65%$30 ÷ $4,552; cropland 56% of land in farms

Corn yield

20102012201420162018202020222024119.6154.2123.8median 128.5

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

Median, 2010–2025128.5 bu/ac16 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025135.5 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2020: 104.2 bu/ac81% of median
Trend, 2010–2025+0.9 bu/ac a year±1.7 (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$16.68
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.39claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.22$7.6 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 46% · heat and drought 37% · freeze 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250140

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, 2000–202517 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201614 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.5 °F1991–2020 normal 55.9 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.40 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September23.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 104% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.2 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, 20223% of cropland3,707 ac
Farmed no-till, 202214% of cropland15,649 ac
Cover crops, 20225% of cropland5,890 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202171612,4924,253

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

CRP enrolled, 20254,253 ac4.2% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028318 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$77/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20251.1 MW solar · 100.5 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202223,965−21.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Tioga County$48$4,552128.5$16.68
Chemung County, NY$55$3,542—$5.49
Steuben County, NY$58$3,076136.6$12.03
Bradford County$30$4,433—$10.37
Lycoming County$65$6,578131.0$10.92
Potter County$22$3,653—$6.63
Median next door$55$3,653133.8 2 co.$10.37

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. Tioga 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/tioga-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.