Farmland Atlas · county record

Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Wyoming County, PA: non-irrigated cash rent $33 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,125 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 133.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 42131. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Wyoming County averages $33 per acre in 2026, up 53.5 percent from 2014. Land is valued at $5,125 per acre by operators as of the 2022 census, with that value up 23.7 percent from 2017 to 2022, 4.3 percent a year. July nightly lows have warmed, from 59.2 F normal to 60.9 F over 2017-2026, part of a 0.71 F per decade trend since 1976. Heat and drought's share of crop insurance indemnities moved from 68 percent in 1989-1999 to 49 percent in 2000-2009, 17 percent in 2010-2019, and 61 percent in 2020-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$33/ac
2026 county average
PA median $68 · 15th lowest of 60
Land and buildings
$5,125/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
PA median $7,064 · 19th lowest of 63
Dry rent per bushel of corn
$0.24
$33 ÷ 135.6 bu, recent yield 2021–2025
Corn yield, 2012–2025 median
133.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 135.6
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
26%
2022 census, rented from others
PA median 30% · 22nd lowest of 63

Cash rent

$0$10$20$30$402010201520202025$23$33 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$33/ac
Change 2014 to 2026+53.5%nominal, $22 to $33
Dry rent per bushel of corn$0.24$33 ÷ 135.6 bu, county yield 2021–2025

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,125/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$4,011/ac
Census 2017$4,144/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+23.7%+4.3% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 47% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield

20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025109.0136.8136.0105.6128.7138.671.8133.2138.0median 133.2

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

Median, 2012–2025133.2 bu/ac9 published years
Recent level, 2021–2025135.6 bu/ac4 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2022: 71.8 bu/ac54% of median

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.

Loss ratio, 1989–20250.93$3.5 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 51% · excess moisture 34% · other 9%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

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, 2000–20250 of 1,357 weeks0% of weeks
Last five years, 2021–20250 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202660.9 °F1991–2020 normal 59.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.71 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.6 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 112% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20220%
Drained by tile, 20229% of cropland2,868 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland2,648 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland1,145 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211822,367154

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

CRP enrolled, 2025154 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202842 ac27% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$64/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 140.8 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20224,321−36.3% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202226%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueCorn yieldClaims per $100
Wyoming County$33$5,125——
Bradford County$30$4,433—$10.37
Lackawanna County$33$7,310——
Luzerne County$66$5,786123.8$10.64
Sullivan County$26$4,619——
Susquehanna County$18$5,274——
Median next door$30$5,274123.8 1 co.$10.51 2 co.

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. Wyoming 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/wyoming-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.