Rutland County, Vermont
Rutland County, VT: non-irrigated cash rent $58 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,393 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 50021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $58 per acre, up 71.6 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census land value stands at $3,393 per acre, up 22.9 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 4.2 percent a year. Crop insurance history shows $2.1 million in indemnities over the closed crop years 1995-2025, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 81 percent. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved from 11 percent in 2000-2009 to 6 percent in 2010-2019 to 21 percent in 2020-2025. July nightly lows averaged 56.7 F over 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 55.5 F, and the county saw 8 weeks of severe drought or worse in 2021-2025.
VT median $59 · 4th lowest of 10
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
VT median $3,906 · 2nd lowest of 13
VT median $10.76 · lowest of 8
VT median 18% · 3rd 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.
Land value
Corn yield
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
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland County | $58 | $3,393 | $9.79 |
| Washington County, NY | $88 | $3,233 | $8.63 |
| Addison County | $66 | $3,832 | $10.89 |
| Bennington County | $60 | $4,177 | $22.93 |
| Windsor County | $40 | $4,863 | — |
| Median next door | $63 | $4,005 | $10.89 |
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. Rutland 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/rutland-countyEvery 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.