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Addison County, Vermont

Addison County, VT: non-irrigated cash rent $66 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,832 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 50001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Addison County runs $66 per acre, up 28.4 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land and buildings value stood at $3,832 per acre in 2022, up 14.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, 2.8 percent a year. Rent as a share of that value was 1.54 percent. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 totaled $22.3 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 51 percent. Heat and drought's share of indemnities was 13 percent in 1989-1999, 2 percent in 2000-2009, 3 percent in 2010-2019, and 40 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed from a 57.1 F normal to a 58.4 F average over 2017-2026, continuing a trend of 0.64 F per decade since 1976.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$66/ac
2026 county average
VT median $59 · 3rd highest of 10
Land and buildings
$3,832/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VT median $3,906 · 6th lowest of 13
Rent as % of land value
1.54%
$59 dry rent ÷ $3,832 land and buildings, both 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$10.89
2016–2025, closed crop years
VT median $10.76 · 4th highest of 8
Farmland rented
27%
2022 census, rented from others
VT median 18% · highest of 14

Cash rent

$0$20$40$602010201520202025$34$66 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$66/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+28.4%nominal, $51 to $66
Pasture, 2025$30/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,832/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,044/ac
Census 2017$3,335/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+14.9%+2.8% a year, nominal
Dry cropland rent ÷ census value, 20221.54%$59 ÷ $3,832; cropland 61% of land in farms

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

20122017202220251.161.360.200.790.041.190.040.360.371.430.562.091.00: claims equal premium

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$10.89
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.92claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20250.99$22.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium5 of 12
Worst year2025ratio 2.09
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025excess moisture 51% · hail 21% · heat and drought 16%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

200020052010201520202025010

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, 2000–202515 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks202510 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202510 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202658.4 °F1991–2020 normal 57.1 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.64 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September24.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland5,754 ac
Farmed no-till, 20229% of cropland9,431 ac
Cover crops, 20228% of cropland8,832 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202101,236603

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

CRP enrolled, 2025603 ac0.6% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202845 ac8% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$85/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202519.1 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202262,820+6.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202227%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Addison County$66$3,832$10.89
Essex County, NY$45$3,086$17.97
Washington County, NY$88$3,233$8.63
Chittenden County$47$6,230$12.04
Orange County$71$4,431—
Rutland County$58$3,393$9.79
Washington County$56 2024$5,057—
Windsor County$40$4,863—
Median next door$52$4,431$10.92

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. Addison County, Vermont. 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/vermont/addison-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.