Farmland Atlas · county record

Weber County, Utah

Weber County, UT: non-irrigated cash rent $59 an acre (2026); land and buildings $18,674 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 49057. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated rent rose 88.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land and buildings were valued at $18,674 per acre in 2022, up 100.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. July nights average 58.3 F for 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 56 F, warming at 0.82 F per decade since 1976. The county held 52 weeks of severe drought or worse in 2021 alone, and 113 weeks from 2021-2025.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$59/ac
2026 county average
UT median $34 · highest of 10
Cash rent, irrigated
$163/ac
2026 county average
UT median $107 · 2nd highest of 24
Land and buildings
$18,674/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
UT median $3,900 · highest 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
25%
2022 census, rented from others
UT median 22% · 13th highest of 29

Cash rent

$0$50$100$150$2002010201520202025$27$59 dry$84$163 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$59/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+88.7%nominal, $31 to $59
Irrigated, 2026$163/ac
Pasture, 2026$27/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$18,674/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$5,823/ac
Census 2017$9,319/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+100.4%+14.9% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 86% 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.

Largest causes of loss, 1995–2025freeze 48% · heat and drought 29% · irrigation failure 11%share of dollars paid

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, 2000–2025362 of 1,357 weeks27% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202152 weeks
Last five years, 2021–2025113 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.3 °F1991–2020 normal 56.0 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.82 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September10.4 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 81% 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, 202286%
Drained by tile, 202212% of cropland2,539 ac
Farmed no-till, 20223% of cropland694 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland914 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20253.4 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202216,609−13.9% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Weber County$59$163$18,674—
Box Elder County$35$165$2,495$11.25
Cache County$37$105$7,620$12.63
Davis County—$153$14,480—
Morgan County$28$96$2,791—
Rich County$35 2025$76$1,451—
Median next door$35$105$2,791$11.94 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. Weber 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/weber-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.