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Caledonia County, Vermont

Caledonia County, VT: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,395 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 50005. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $52 per acre, up 52.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Water risk has been low over 2000-2025, with severe drought or worse in 1.5 percent of weeks, though 2021-2025 saw 18 such weeks, most in 2025. Indemnities since 2000 total $310,624, driven by excess moisture and flood at 92 percent, with heat and drought at 0 percent of losses in 2010-2019 and 4 percent in 2020-2025. July nights have warmed to 55.3 F from a 1991-2020 normal of 54.1 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated

$52/ac

2026 county average
VT median $59 · 3rd lowest of 10

Land and buildings

$3,395/ac

2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VT median $3,906 · 3rd lowest of 13

Rent as % of land value

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not shown: cropland is 34% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

Corn yield, median

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fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

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under the premium floor for a figure

Farmland rented

15%

2022 census, rented from others
VT median 18% · 5th lowest of 14

Cash rent

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$52/ac

Change 2016 to 2026+52.9%nominal, $34 to $52

Pasture, 2026$15/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$3,395/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,182/ac

Census 2017$3,191/ac

Change 2017 to 2022+6.4%+1.2% a year, nominal

Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 34% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland

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.

Largest causes of loss, 2000–2025excess moisture 92% · other 5% · freeze 3%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, 2000–202520 of 1,357 weeks2% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks202518 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202518 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.3 °F1991–2020 normal 54.1 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.63 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September24.9 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 98% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20221%

Drained by tile, 20225% of cropland1,359 ac

Farmed no-till, 202213% of cropland3,727 ac

Cover crops, 202211% of cropland3,107 ac

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

CRP enrolled, 202531 ac

CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac

Solar and wind operating, 20256 MW solar · 40 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 202212,575−22.3% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202215%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Caledonia County	$52	$3,395	—
Grafton County, NH	$58 2025	$4,312	—
Essex County	—	$2,357	—
Lamoille County	$62 2025	$3,508	—
Orange County	$71	$4,431	—
Orleans County	$59	$3,763	$10.15
Washington County	$56 2024	$5,057	—
Median next door	$65 2 co.	$4,038	$10.15 1 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. Caledonia 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/caledonia-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.

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