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Grant County, Washington

Grant County, WA: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2026); land and buildings $5,216 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 217.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 53025. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Irrigated cash rent in Grant County runs $449 per acre in 2025, against $52 per acre for non-irrigated land in 2026. Irrigation covers 80 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census, with 25 percent of that water drawn from groundwater in 2015. Land value rose 52.5 percent from 2017-2022, or 8.8 percent a year.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
$52/ac
2026 county average
WA median $64 · 7th lowest of 22
Cash rent, irrigated
$449/ac
2025 county average
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$5,216/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
WA median $5,067 · 16th highest of 34
Corn yield, 2008–2025 median
217.2 bu/ac
recent level 2021–2025: 237.8 · irrigated and dryland combined
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$5.67
2016–2025, closed crop years
WA median $8.03 · 4th lowest of 21
Farmland rented
55%
2022 census, rented from others
WA median 34% · 5th highest of 34

Cash rent

$0$100$200$300$400$500$6002010201520202025$50$52 dry$240$449 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$52/ac
Irrigated, 2025$449/ac
Pasture, 2026$3/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$5,216/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$3,428/ac
Census 2017$3,421/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+52.5%+8.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

200820102012201420162018202020222024203.0261.8median 217.2

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

Median, 2008–2025217.2 bu/ac14 published years, irrigated and dryland combined
Recent level, 2021–2025237.8 bu/ac5 published years, high and low dropped
Lowest published year2010: 197.3 bu/ac91% of median
Trend, 2008–2025+2.3 bu/ac a year±1.4 (95% interval)

Crop insurance record

198919941999200420092014201920241.332.580.821.00: 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$5.67
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.42claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.21$770.9 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium14 of 37
Worst year1991ratio 2.58
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025freeze 34% · heat and drought 29% · price decline (revenue policies) 17%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504518

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, 2000–2025237 of 1,357 weeks18% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200545 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202573 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202659.3 °F1991–2020 normal 57.7 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.95 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September2.9 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, 202280%
Drained by tile, 20222% of cropland12,917 ac
Farmed no-till, 20228% of cropland62,260 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland28,199 ac
198619911996200120062011201620216,97284,04853,388

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

CRP enrolled, 202553,388 ac8.3% of harvested cropland + CRP
CRP expiring FY2026–202813,356 ac25% of enrolled acres
CRP average rental payment, FY2025$61/acall contracts in force, old ones included; not today's offer
Cattle and calves, 2022195,818+10.5% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202255%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Grant County$52$449 2025$5,216$5.67
Adams County$57$467$2,133$12.17
Benton County$45 2024$700 2025$4,153$5.97
Douglas County$53$285$2,784$10.69
Franklin County$34$553 2025$5,182$5.54
Kittitas County—$202$4,287$7.26
Lincoln County$57$441 2024$1,603$12.14
Okanogan County$30$253$1,929$9.81
Yakima County—$231$2,782$6.30
Median next door$53$253$2,783$8.54

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. Grant 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/grant-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.