Franklin County, Washington
Franklin County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $34 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,182 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 219.7 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53021. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Franklin County runs $553 per acre in 2025, against $34 per acre for non-irrigated ground in 2026. That gap in use points to water as the deciding factor here, and only 25 percent of irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015, leaving most supply exposed to surface conditions. Heat and drought drove 39 percent of crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025, and that share rose to 51 percent in 2020-2025 after 29 percent in 2010-2019. July nightly lows have warmed 1 F per decade since 1976, running 59.2 F over 2017-2026 against a 57.5 F normal for 1991-2020. Land values rose 12.8 percent from 2017-2022, 2.4 percent a year.
WA median $64 · 2nd lowest of 22
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
WA median $5,067 · 17th highest of 34
WA median $8.03 · 3rd lowest of 21
WA median 34% · 3rd highest of 34
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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
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.
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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | $34 | $553 2025 | $5,182 | $5.54 |
| Adams County | $57 | $467 | $2,133 | $12.17 |
| Benton County | $45 2024 | $700 2025 | $4,153 | $5.97 |
| Columbia County | $110 | — | $2,280 | $13.19 |
| Grant County | $52 | $449 2025 | $5,216 | $5.67 |
| Walla Walla County | $74 2025 | $297 | $3,786 | $7.58 |
| Whitman County | $79 | — | $2,528 | $12.08 |
| Median next door | $68 | $382 2 co. | $3,157 | $9.83 |
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. Franklin 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/franklin-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.