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Windham County, Vermont

Windham County, VT: non-irrigated cash rent $84 an acre (2024); land and buildings $5,142 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 50025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated cash rent in Windham County averaged $84 per acre in 2024, down 26.1 percent from 2014. July nights average 57.6 F over 2017-2026, up from a 1991-2020 normal of 55.7 F, and the long-term trend is 0.84 F per decade, warming. Freeze and frost caused 56 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 2000-2025, while heat and drought accounted for 0 percent of indemnities in 2000-2009, 0 percent in 2010-2019, and 20 percent in 2020-2025. The loss ratio for 2016-2025 was 0.81, above the 1995-2025 ratio of 0.63. Census land value stood at $5,142 per acre in 2022, up 2.6 percent from 2017.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$84/ac
2024 county average
too few 2024 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,142/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
VT median $3,906 · 3rd highest of 13
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: cropland is 23% of land in farms (2022 census), so the census value is mostly pasture, woods and buildings, not cropland
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.32
2016–2025, closed crop years
VT median $10.76 · 2nd highest of 8
Farmland rented
11%
2022 census, rented from others
VT median 18% · 2nd lowest of 14

Cash rent

$0$20$40$60$80$100$120201020152020$64$84 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, 2024$84/ac
Change 2014 to 2024−26.1%nominal, $113 to $84
Pasture, 2024$23/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,142/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,998/ac
Census 2017$5,011/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+2.6%+0.5% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— cropland is 23% 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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$12.32
Loss ratio, 2016–20250.81claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1995–20250.63$1.8 million paid
Largest causes of loss, 2000–2025freeze 56% · hail 20% · heat and drought 7%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202507

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, 2000–202518 of 1,357 weeks1% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks20257 weeks
Last five years, 2021–20257 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202657.6 °F1991–2020 normal 55.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.84 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September26.1 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 103% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 20224%
Drained by tile, 20221% of cropland124 ac
Farmed no-till, 20226% of cropland598 ac
Cover crops, 202215% of cropland1,436 ac
1986199119962001200620112016202104215

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

CRP enrolled, 202515 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20283 ac
Solar and wind operating, 20258.8 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20224,576−32.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202211%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Windham County$84 2024—$5,142$12.32
Franklin County, MA$141$331$8,637$20.68
Cheshire County, NH$71—$7,375—
Sullivan County, NH$80 2025—$5,219—
Bennington County$60—$4,177$22.93
Windsor County$40—$4,863—
Median next door$65$331 1 co.$5,219$21.81 2 co.

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. Windham 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/windham-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.