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Warren County, Pennsylvania

Warren County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,633 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 136.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42123. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Median corn yield 2008-2024 is 136.6 bushels per acre, with the worst year, 2011, at 93.9. July nightly lows have moved from a 1991-2020 normal of 56.8 F to 58.5 F over 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.52 F per decade since 1976. Drought weeks in severe drought or worse totaled 9 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 4 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$30/ac
2026 county average
PA median $68 · tied for 8th lowest of 60
Land and buildings
$3,633/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
PA median $7,064 · 2nd lowest of 63
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.21
$30 ÷ 138.5 bu, recent yield 2020–2024
Corn yield, 2008–2024 median
136.6 bu/ac
recent level 2020–2024: 138.5
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
17%
2022 census, rented from others
PA median 30% · 5th lowest of 63

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$40$50$602010201520202025$21$30 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$30/ac
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.21$30 ÷ 138.5 bu, county yield 2020–2024

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,633/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,346/ac
Census 2017$3,461/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+5.0%+1.0% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 39% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024145.0134.793.9103.8128.0152.9138.5138.4median 136.6

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

Median, 2008–2024136.6 bu/ac8 published years
Recent level, 2020–2024138.5 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2011: 93.9 bu/ac69% of median

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1993. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Loss ratio, 1993–20250.57$1.2 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1993–2025excess moisture 53% · heat and drought 36% · price decline (revenue policies) 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025054

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, 2000–20259 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20015 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20254 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.5 °F1991–2020 normal 56.8 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.52 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September25.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 100% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.6 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, 20229% of cropland2,378 ac
Farmed no-till, 202218% of cropland4,784 ac
Cover crops, 20222% of cropland490 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,178302

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

CRP enrolled, 2025302 ac1.5% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028106 ac35% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$83/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20227,060−36.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202217%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Warren County$30$3,633——
Cattaraugus County, NY$84$2,954—$6.38
Chautauqua County, NY$96$3,536155.2$8.15
Crawford County$56$3,981137.9$8.31
Elk County—$5,329——
Erie County$68$5,301140.6$4.55
Forest County$45$6,579——
McKean County$19$4,268——
Venango County$40$4,234124.6$20.07
Median next door$56$4,251139.3$8.15

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Warren 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/warren-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.