Farmland Atlas · county record

Cache County, Utah

Cache County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $37 an acre (2026); land and buildings $7,620 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.90 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated rent is down 7.5 percent from 2016 to 2026. Seventy percent of harvested cropland is irrigated as of the 2022 census, with 10 percent of irrigation water from groundwater in 2015. July nightly lows average 55.7 F for 2017-2026, up from a 53.6 F normal for 1991-2020, warming at 0.88 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$37/ac
2026 county average
UT median $34 · 4th highest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$105/ac
2026 county average
UT median $107 · 11th lowest of 24
Land and buildings
$7,620/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
UT median $3,900 · 8th highest of 28
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.63
2016–2025, closed crop years
UT median $12.63 · 3rd lowest of 5
Farmland rented
29%
2022 census, rented from others
UT median 22% · 10th highest of 29

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$1202010201520202025$24$37 dry$68$105 irrigated

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$37/ac
Change 2016 to 2026−7.5%nominal, $40 to $37
Irrigated, 2026$105/ac
Pasture, 2026$13/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$7,620/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,529/ac
Census 2017$4,833/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+57.7%+9.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 70% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

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$12.63
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.20claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.90$11.4 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 35% · freeze 34% · excess moisture 14%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020252520

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, 2000–2025349 of 1,357 weeks26% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200352 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202597 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.7 °F1991–2020 normal 53.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.88 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September10.8 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 88% 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, 202270%
Drained by tile, 20226% of cropland6,425 ac
Farmed no-till, 20227% of cropland7,660 ac
Cover crops, 20223% of cropland3,140 ac
198619911996200120062011201620211,79620,3639,570

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

CRP enrolled, 20259,570 ac9.9% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–2028116 ac1% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$35/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 202251,836−10.2% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202229%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Cache County$37$105$7,620$12.63
Franklin County, ID$35$106$3,278$10.04
Oneida County, ID$26$127$2,625$20.64
Box Elder County$35$165$2,495$11.25
Rich County$35 2025$76$1,451—
Weber County$59$163$18,674—
Median next door$35$127$2,625$11.25

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. Cache County, Utah. 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/utah/cache-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.