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Adams County, Washington

Adams County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $57 an acre (2026); land and buildings $2,133 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 211.1 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53001. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Non-irrigated rent is up 68.7 percent from 2016 to 2026. July nights have warmed 0.92 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average low of 55.9 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.2 F. Groundwater supplies 48 percent of irrigation water as of 2015.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$57/ac
2026 county average
WA median $64 · 10th lowest of 22
Cash rent, irrigated
$467/ac
2026 county average
WA median $350 · 2nd highest of 14
Land and buildings
$2,133/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WA median $5,067 · 6th lowest of 34
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
211.1 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 218.7 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$12.17
2016–2025, closed crop years
WA median $8.03 · 4th highest of 21
Farmland rented
51%
2022 census, rented from others
WA median 34% · 7th highest of 34

Cash rent

$0$100$200$300$400$500$6002010201520202025$51$57 dry$351$467 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$57/ac
Change 2016 to 2026+68.7%nominal, $34 to $57
Irrigated, 2026$467/ac
Pasture, 2026$2/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,133/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$1,231/ac
Census 2017$1,428/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+49.4%+8.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— about 30% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024205.0200.0228.4207.9208.0234.1214.1264.8median 211.1

Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.

Median, 2008–2025211.1 bu/ac8 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025218.7 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2015: 200.0 bu/ac95% of median

Crop insurance record

19921997200220072012201720221.883.451.011.00: 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$12.17
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.60claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.44$358.3 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium15 of 33
Worst year2009ratio 3.45
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 52% · freeze 26% · price decline (revenue policies) 11%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504513

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, 2000–2025168 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200545 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202569 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202655.9 °F1991–2020 normal 54.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.92 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September3.7 in1991–2020 normal
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, 202230%
Drained by tile, 2022under 1% of cropland3,571 ac
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland60,500 ac
Cover crops, 20221% of cropland4,032 ac
198619911996200120062011201620218,924214,237139,382

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

CRP enrolled, 2025139,382 ac27.1% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202829,565 ac21% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$50/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Solar and wind operating, 202519.2 MW solar · 144 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202253,272+12.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202251%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Adams County$57$467$2,133$12.17
Franklin County$34$553 2025$5,182$5.54
Grant County$52$449 2025$5,216$5.67
Lincoln County$57$441 2024$1,603$12.14
Whitman County$79—$2,528$12.08
Median next door$55—$3,855$8.88

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. Adams County, Washington. 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/washington/adams-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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