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Morgan County, Utah

Morgan County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $28 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,791 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent in Morgan County runs $96 per acre in 2026, against $28 per acre for non-irrigated ground. Non-irrigated rent is up 27.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value stands at $2,791 per acre in 2022, up 26.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, a 4.9 percent a year pace. Irrigated cropland covers 52 percent of harvested acres as of the 2022 census, and none of that water came from groundwater in 2015. July nights average 55.5 F over 2017-2026, against a 53.2 F normal for 1991-2020, with a warming trend of 0.81 F per decade since 1976. Drought held at severe or worse for 109 weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$28/ac
2026 county average
UT median $34 · 4th lowest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$96/ac
2026 county average
UT median $107 · tied for 7th lowest of 24
Land and buildings
$2,791/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
UT median $3,900 · 9th lowest of 28
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
under the premium floor for a figure
Farmland rented
42%
2022 census, rented from others
UT median 22% · 3rd highest of 29

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$1002010201520202025$20$28 dry$70$96 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$28/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+27.9%nominal, $22 to $28
Irrigated, 2026$96/ac
Pasture, 2024$2/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,791/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,575/ac
Census 2017$2,200/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+26.9%+4.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 52% 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 1995. 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

2000200520102015202020250520

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, 2000–2025328 of 1,357 weeks24% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200352 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025109 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.5 °F1991–2020 normal 53.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.81 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September10.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 82% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.1 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202252%
Farmed no-till, 20225% of cropland612 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland501 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202102920

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP average rental payment, FY2016$38/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 20228,234+4.1% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202242%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand value
Morgan County$28$96$2,791
Davis County—$153$14,480
Rich County$35 2025$76$1,451
Salt Lake County$41 2023$121$13,993
Summit County$31 2025$91$4,336
Weber County$59$163$18,674
Median next door$59 1 co.$121$13,993

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. Morgan 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/morgan-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.